That's why I stressed to know the difference. |cool|
And then Yes, ban the whole thing.
Or you could spend hundreds of hours chasing down the same cheaters.

If you see a pattern you don't like, just black list them.
(you can always remove as needed)

Thanks for the tip, Jeremy :)

I haven't seen a LL or TGP script with this hybrid submitter feature (yet), but I'd expect to see one in the very near future. ;)

interesting thread. thats amazing to me that someone would do that. (300 different domains and submissions in a day).

being clever doesnt mean to cheat. i wish some webmaster would understand the difference between 'thinking outside the box" and just plain ol' cheating.

On any linux box, on the command line, or ssh into your server and type:

whois anydomain.com | more

press enter to scroll through the results.

CAVEAT: you are only allowed a certain number of requests in a span of time, I've forgotten the exact numbers.

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on your windows box:

Open a DOS window and type:

tracert anydomain.com

You will get the ip address and verse-versa if you type in the ip address you will get the domain

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on a linux box type:

traceroute anydomain.com

Do this as often as you like.

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Barron,

the issue here is that there is only 1 domain registered in the reverse lookup for an IP. whois.sc is one service that has access to all of the domain names, and has done a dns lookup, and has a true reverse lookup.

So, yes, your method works, but wouldn't detect what 300 domains used a particular IP.

Oh!

Looking 300 domains up by hand is silly. I was only reading the part about free lookups.

pay the 15 bucks its worth it :)


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the sooner the better :D

It never ceases to amaze me the lengths some people will go to in order to try and cheat :(

I use whois.sc to check an initial domain, then if multiple domains are hosted, I copy and paste the ip here:

http://whois.webhosting.info/

It's free too ;)

Lisa

Nice, thanks for the link Lisa. |thumb

Great link, much appreciated :)

DragonList allows you to set up partner accounts without blocking non-partner submits. You can review partner submissions separately from non-partner. There is not currently a way to limit number of submits per hour.

It's geared more toward link lists than TGPs (no thumbs at this time, limited sorting ability) but it can be used for either.

Oh he bought a few new domains and ips... what a guy!