Manual talk:$wgDnsBlacklistUrls

URL period-terminated

Default value:	array( 'http.dnsbl.sorbs.net.' )

Is this url supposed to be period-terminated?

Answer: Yes.

Then why is there no dot in the Examples? --Kipmaster (talk) 18:49, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

This is a peculiarity of DNS. If you don't period terminate it, the name is tried with each of the items in your system's search list appended until it finds the address, and that failing, tries it with nothing appended. Adding the period will shortcut that and not mess with the search list. Of course, the name will resolve either way, and many systems have an empty search list anyway. --ssd

Causing Account Creation Errors?

Is this string causing account creation errors for anyone else? I've had several people tell me they cannot create accounts, and when i tried to create one, I got this message:

"Your IP address is listed as an open proxy in the DNSBL used by Wind Repertory Project. You cannot create an account."

I removed this string, and suddenly I could create accounts again.

$wgGroupPermissions

Any way to add some group permission to this? You can prevent non registered users to edit a page but not if the user is registered. Not a big issue but could be useful.

Also $wgDnsBlacklistUrls doesn't seem to work well with Tor, use the Extension:TorBlock with $wgTorLoadNodes = true;

adding ipv6 support for $wgDnsBlacklistUrls

Currently, only ipv4 addresses are supported par the $wgDnsBlacklistUrls settings. This makes it almost useless in efficiently combating spam. How to add this support for mediawiki version 1.34.2?