AJ,
After our last Seattle meeting I came across this method for blocking IP and host addresses:
administer > access control > access rules > add rule
Set up username and e-mail address access rules for new and existing accounts (currently logged in accounts will not be logged out). If a username or e-mail address for an account matches any deny rule, but not an allow rule, then the account will not be allowed to be created or to log in. A host rule is effective for every page view, not just registrations.
Access type:
( ) Allow
(x) Deny
Rule type:
( ) Username
( ) E-mail
(x) Host
Mask: *
[208.114.158.128] <----- example 1
[208.114.158.1__] <----- example 2
[208.114.158.%] <----- example 3
[%spambot.com] <------ example 4
%: Percent matches any number of characters, even zero characters.
_: Underscore matches exactly one character.
(Masks can be used for any one of the 3 rule types.)
Cheers,
John Walling
