Need help with blocking IPs

[bekkin]

what I am trying to do is block an ip after they go to my website, so once a person comes across my site has a look around or even just one page, and then leaves they are blocked and cannot come back a second time. so basically A log would be made with all the user ip's that hit my website that become blocked. I have tried to have a look around on the web but haven't had much luck.

I am not a programmer and usually just try to pick it up as I go along, any help would be much appreciated.

[Corey Bryant]

You could possibly get the IP address through a server side language - with ASP something like

<input type="hidden" name="IP" value="<%Response.Write(Request.ServerVariables("remote_addr"))%>" />

and then that could be logged into a database to be checked once the session ended.

Sorry not a programmer here, just trying to offer a suggestion. Chances are you will need to get a programmer unless you are a self-learner.

[Fred Sanders]

Exactly what I would suggest. It's quite simple to implement. If IP exists, redirect the customer to another site. Else insert IP into database. Be aware tho, if your visitors grow into the hundreds of thousands then your site will start slowing down.

You would probably want a cron to clear out entries which are more than a few days old to avoid the slowness and also so that the IPs can be recycled.