Botscout

Okay cool thx. Just testing this to see if it works on botscout aswell.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/gb89b8l3l … tscout.zip  (basically same ext just minus the 'last_seen')

If it does catch stuff maybe one could merge the two, i.e. send query to one, then depending on answer, send another query to the other bot db....

Thanks! Will try it...
(PS: split this off into seperate topic..)

[EDIT]
for the record : how another script does it... for auroraGPT
[code=php]
< ?php
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// AuroraGPT BotScout mod (basic version) for AuroraGpt 4-mrV3   //
// This mod assembled by aussiebob - rod@qifn.net - 19 Aug 2010  //
// As used on http://www.buxbunny.com - AuroraGpt 4-mrV3         //
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// This mod will verify all new signups against external databases of
// known scammers, spammers, bots, and general pains in the ass!

// HOW IT WORKS - when the bot or registerant clicks the button the
// email and IP address are checked against the http://botscout.com
// database of known bots. If a record is found then the signup simply
// fails and the details are written to your admin site log.
// If it's a genuine signup, then the registeration goes through as normal.
// We recommend you check out the http://botscout.com site, (BTW: we are NOT
// affilated with BotScout, we just use the handy free service provided)
// NOTE: We intentionally do NOT check by username as they are too generic
// ie: a genuine signup with username holly would be rejected as a bot

// DISCLAIMER: We cannot be held accountable for any losses due to the
// misuse of this script nor any incorrect data returned from Botscout.
// Your daily signup numbers will drop as bots are detected!

// INSTRUCTIONS:
// 1- Edit the CONFIGURATION section of this file.
// 2- Place this file (botscout.php) in your members directory.
// 3- Edit the file members/join.php
// and add this line - include('botscout.php');
// directly below line $co = lookupIp($vip); so it looks like this

// $co = lookupIp($vip);
// include('botscout.php');

// Thats all folks - enjoy

// ---- CONFIGURATION BEGIN  ----
// NOTE: This is optional, but without an API KEY you can only do 20 lookups daily
// Register for a FREE API KEY at http://botscout.com/getkey.htm

// Enter your Free API KEY you received by email from http://botscout.com/
$APIKEY = 'YOUR-API-KEY';
// ---- CONFIGURATION END ----

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ---- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!! ----
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------

// init vars
$botdata='';
$returned_data='';

// get the registerants IP address
$XIP = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

// get the registerants username
$XUSER = $uUsername;

// get the registerants email
$XMAIL = urlencode($uEmail);

// Assemble the query to send to BotScout.com using the registerants email and IP addresses only
$apiquery = "http://botscout.com/test/?multi&mail=$XMAIL&ip=$XIP";

// Add your BotScout.com registered user API KEY to the query
if($APIKEY != ''){
    $apiquery = "$apiquery&key=$APIKEY";
}

// Send the query to BotScout.com using either file_get_contents() or cURL
if(function_exists('file_get_contents')){
// Use file_get_contents
$returned_data = file_get_contents($apiquery);
}else{
    // Use cURL
$ch = curl_init($apiquery);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$returned_data = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
}

// Parse returned data array values
$botdata = explode('|', $returned_data);

// Display error message should there be a problem accessing the Botscout.com database.
if(substr($returned_data, 0,1) == '!'){
// if the first character is an exclamation mark, an error has occurred
print "Verification Error: $returned_data - Please try again later.";
exit;
}

// Check if the signup email and IP appear in the returned BotScout.com data values.
if($botdata[3] > 0 || $botdata[5] > 0){

// perform IP - Country lookup
    $sql=  'SELECT c.country FROM ip2nationCountries c, ip2nation i WHERE i.ip < INET_ATON("'.$XIP.'") AND c.code = i.country ORDER BY i.ip DESC LIMIT 0,1';
    $temp1=mysql_query($sql);
    list($countrylist) =mysql_fetch_row($temp1);
    $cntry="$countrylist" ;

// insert details into site logs
    $sql=$Db1->query("INSERT INTO logs SET username='".$XUSER."', log='Bot Signup Failed - $XUSER - $uEmail x $botdata[5] records - $XIP x $botdata[3] records - $cntry', dsub='".time()."'");

// Generate a fake Error number (Looks more credible)
$errorfake = round(rand(1100, 20000));

// Give credit to BotScout.com and display an error message to the bot
print "<h3>ERROR: $errorfake</h3>
        <p><a href=\"http://botscout.com\" title=\"More Info...\" >Registerant Identified as a Bot</a> - Registration Failed! - Exiting process.</p>";

// halt the signup process
exit;

}
// NOTE: We have added an extra mySQL table called users_rejected and actually add the rejects to it.
// Then we can display the info both in the admin and on the public Rejects page.
// This is an optional extra - fig it yourself - or ask for help in the EMS forum - Private

?>
[/code]

Yup, I read it on Twitter as well, but I believe it's the first "major" down of SFS so I don't think it's "that needed" to have a backup system...

//Aka, lazy programmer