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Original Author
---------------
	David Angier (http://angier.co.uk)

Maintainer
----------
  William Roboly (http://openject.com)

Drupal 6 version
----------------
	2008-03-10 by Paul Maddern (http://www.arcadegeek.co.uk)

Overview
--------
Bad Behavior is a set of PHP scripts which prevents spambots from
accessing your site by analyzing their actual HTTP requests and
comparing them to profiles from known spambots. It goes far beyond
User-Agent and Referer, however.

The problem: Spammers run automated scripts which read everything on
your web site, harvest email addresses, and if you have a blog, forum
or wiki, will post spam directly to your site. They also put false
referrers in your server log trying to get their links posted through
your stats page.

As the operator of a Web site, this can cause you several
problems. First, the spammers are wasting your bandwidth, which you
may well be paying for. Second, they are posting comments to any form
they can find, filling your web site with unwanted (and unpaid!) ads
for their products. Last but not least, they harvest any email
addresses they can find and sell those to other spammers, who fill
your inbox with more unwanted ads.

Bad Behavior intends to target any malicious software directed at a
Web site, whether it be a spambot, ill-designed search engine bot, or
system crackers.

Requirements
------------
- Drupal 6.x
- PHP 4.3.0 or greater
- BadBehavior 2.0.x
  (http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/download/)

Installation
------------

1. Extract the tarball into the modules folder of your Drupal install.

2. Download the latest BadBehavior 2.0.x version from
   http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/download/,
   unzip and copy the bad-behavior directory that is located with the
   bad-behavior directory into sites/all/libraries.  The parent
   bad-behavior directory contains connectors for other applications
   and is not needed by Drupal.

   Here is the recommended steps to do this from the command line:

   cd /[path/to/site]/sites/all/libraries/
   wget http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bad-behavior.2.0.36.zip
   unzip -j bad-behavior.2.0.36.zip bad-behavior/bad-behavior/* -d bad-behavior

3. Enable the module as usual from the Drupal admin>>modules page.

Configuration
-------------
1. If desired, configure settings under the new
   Admin > Settings > Bad Behavior menu item.

Logs
----
1. View BadBehavior logs at the new Admin > Reports > Bad Behavior menu item.

2. Click on the detail link next to any log item for full details.

Frequently Asked Questions
--------------------------
See: http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/faq/

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  1. Original Author

  2. ---------------

  3. 	David Angier (http://angier.co.uk)

  4. 

  5. Maintainer

  6. ----------

  7.   William Roboly (http://openject.com)

  8. 

  9. Drupal 6 version

  10. ----------------

  11. 	2008-03-10 by Paul Maddern (http://www.arcadegeek.co.uk)

  12. 

  13. Overview

  14. --------

  15. Bad Behavior is a set of PHP scripts which prevents spambots from

  16. accessing your site by analyzing their actual HTTP requests and

  17. comparing them to profiles from known spambots. It goes far beyond

  18. User-Agent and Referer, however.

  19. 

  20. The problem: Spammers run automated scripts which read everything on

  21. your web site, harvest email addresses, and if you have a blog, forum

  22. or wiki, will post spam directly to your site. They also put false

  23. referrers in your server log trying to get their links posted through

  24. your stats page.

  25. 

  26. As the operator of a Web site, this can cause you several

  27. problems. First, the spammers are wasting your bandwidth, which you

  28. may well be paying for. Second, they are posting comments to any form

  29. they can find, filling your web site with unwanted (and unpaid!) ads

  30. for their products. Last but not least, they harvest any email

  31. addresses they can find and sell those to other spammers, who fill

  32. your inbox with more unwanted ads.

  33. 

  34. Bad Behavior intends to target any malicious software directed at a

  35. Web site, whether it be a spambot, ill-designed search engine bot, or

  36. system crackers.

  37. 

  38. Requirements

  39. ------------

  40. - Drupal 6.x

  41. - PHP 4.3.0 or greater

  42. - BadBehavior 2.0.x

  43.   (http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/download/)

  44. 

  45. Installation

  46. ------------

  47. 

  48. 1. Extract the tarball into the modules folder of your Drupal install.

  49. 

  50. 2. Download the latest BadBehavior 2.0.x version from

  51.    http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/download/,

  52.    unzip and copy the bad-behavior directory that is located with the

  53.    bad-behavior directory into sites/all/libraries.  The parent

  54.    bad-behavior directory contains connectors for other applications

  55.    and is not needed by Drupal.

  56. 

  57.    Here is the recommended steps to do this from the command line:

  58. 

  59.    cd /[path/to/site]/sites/all/libraries/

  60.    wget http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bad-behavior.2.0.36.zip

  61.    unzip -j bad-behavior.2.0.36.zip bad-behavior/bad-behavior/* -d bad-behavior

  62. 

  63. 3. Enable the module as usual from the Drupal admin>>modules page.

  64. 

  65. Configuration

  66. -------------

  67. 1. If desired, configure settings under the new

  68.    Admin > Settings > Bad Behavior menu item.

  69. 

  70. Logs

  71. ----

  72. 1. View BadBehavior logs at the new Admin > Reports > Bad Behavior menu item.

  73. 

  74. 2. Click on the detail link next to any log item for full details.

  75. 

  76. Frequently Asked Questions

  77. --------------------------

  78. See: http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/faq/