httpbl 7.x-1.0

Release notes

http:BL / Drupal 7

This "1.0" release follows 6 stable release candidates that have been field tested since July 2011.

Features:

• http:BL lookups for visitor IPs
• Blocking of requests coming from blacklisted IPs
• Database caching, decreasing the number of DNS lookups
• Honeypot link placement on ban page and optionally in footer
• Whitelisting through the httpbl cache table
• Blacklisted IPs banned (added to Drupal blocked_ips table)
• Greylisting: grants the user access if they pass a simple test
• Optional: Checking only when a comment is placed,
  appends a message to blocked comments for easier admin identification,
  and queues the unpublished comment for moderation if the lookup is positive
• Basic statistics on the number of blocked visits
• Optional 3 levels of logging (Error only, Positive Lookups or Verbose - for testing and gaining trust)
• Greylisting threat-level threshold configurable in admin settings.
• Blacklisting threat-level threshold configurable in admin settings.
• Length of time cached visits are held are determined by configurable settings (not hard coded)
• Default Views included (identify blocked and whitelisted IPs with links to their Honeypot profiles)
• Integration with Drupal Help and Permissions

Note that the module can also function without http:BL functionality -- its use will then be limited to the placement of a Honeypot link in the footer.

Features and Fixes included in this release:

#1239762: make greylisting level configurable
#1248942: make blacklisting level configurable
#1831684: Custom ban message
#1841070: Adds rel="nofollow" for honeypot links to stop redirecting search engines bots
#1343432: Integrity constraint violation
#1832086: PDOException Deadlock found