IP Blacklist maxxed out

[silvert_eM]

Great plugin! My client’s site was getting hit by lots of bots, and eMember’s IP Blacklist feature did a great job in blocking them.

It seems as though there is a maximum number of IP addresses eMember can add to it’s Blacklist. Is there any way to expand it? What do you recommend for a client who has maxxed out the eMember’s capacity for adding new Blacklisted IPs?

[wzp]

Do you have any idea of the number of IP he blacklisted? The IP are stored in MySQL; which does have table limits.

[admin]

If your site is being targeted by bots then using that default black-list option is not a good idea. That blacklist option is really for humans members who you want to ban (it’s purpose is not to block the bots).

If a site is being targeted by bots, then the following captcha option should be used to block those in the first place:

How to Use Google reCAPTCHA on Member Registration Form

Are you using that captcha option?

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