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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Alpha'
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4 summary: Ban users from chatrooms by their IP address
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7 Introduction
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8 ============
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10 One frequent complaint about XMPP chatrooms (MUCs) compared to IRC is
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11 the inability for a room admin to ban a user based on their IP address.
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12 This is because an XMPP user is not identified on the network by their
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13 IP address, only their JID.
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15 This means that it is possible to create a new account (usually quite
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16 easily), and rejoin the room that you were banned from.
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18 This module allows the **user's** server to enforce bans by IP address,
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19 which is very desirable for server admins who want to prevent their
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20 server being used for spamming and abusive behaviour.
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22 Details
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23 =======
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25 An important point to note is that this module enforces the IP ban on
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26 the banned user's server, not on the MUC server. This means that:
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28 - The user's server MUST have this module loaded, however -
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29 - The module works even when the MUC is on a different server to the
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30 user
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31 - The MUC server does not need this module (it only needs to support
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32 the [standard ban
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33 protocol](http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html#ban))
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34 - The module works for effectively banning [anonymous
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35 users](http://prosody.im/doc/anonymous_logins)
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37 Also note that IP bans are not saved permanently, and are reset upon a
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38 server restart.
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40 Configuration
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41 =============
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43 There is no extra configuration for this module except for loading it.
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44 Remember... do not load it on the MUC host, simply add it to your global
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45 `modules_enabled` list, or under a specific host like:
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47 ``` lua
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48 VirtualHost "anon.example.com"
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49 authentication = "anonymous"
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50 modules_enabled = { "muc_ban_ip" }
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51 ```
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53 Compatibility
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54 =============
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57 0.9 Works
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58 0.8 Doesn't work
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