modules/badbehavior/README.txt

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 2.0.13
  (http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-download)
 
Installation
------------

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

2. Download BadBehavior 2.0.28 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.2.0.28.zip
   unzip -j bad-behavior.2.0.28.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>>badbehavior menu item.
 
Logs
----
1. View BadBehavior logs at the new admin>>logs>>badbehavior menu
   item.

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

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


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 2.0.13
43	(http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-download)
44
45	Installation
46	------------
47
48	1. Extract the tarball into the modules folder of your Drupal install.
49
50	2. Download BadBehavior 2.0.28 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.2.0.28.zip
61	unzip -j bad-behavior.2.0.28.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>>badbehavior menu item.
69
70	Logs
71	----
72	1. View BadBehavior logs at the new admin>>logs>>badbehavior menu
73	item.
74
75	2. Click on the detail link next to any log item for full details.
76
77	Frequently Asked Questions
78	--------------------------
79	See: http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/bad-behavior-faq/
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