Bad Behavior

You may have noticed that we’ve been offline for over a week now. This message is meant to explain what happened and what I’ve been doing to address the problem. On June 1, the server on which my sites were hosted suffered hard drive failure and the filesystem became corrupted before the server could be Read More…

Bad Behavior 2.2.6 and 2.0.48 have been released. This update is a security update for WordPress users and affected users should update as soon as possible. Please note: The 2.0 series of Bad Behavior is receiving limited updates, including unblocks, bug fixes and security fixes only. Users who have not yet updated to the 2.2 [...]

Bad Behavior 2.2.5 and 2.0.47 have been released. This update is a security update for WordPress users and affected users should update as soon as possible. Note that due to the security validation used in this release, the WordPress system requirements have changed. Bad Behavior 2.2 now requires at least WordPress 3.1 or higher; Bad [...]

Bad Behavior 2.2.4 and 2.0.46 have been released. This update is exclusively for users with sites located in or targeting the European Union. Port maintainers should implement the new option provided by this release as soon as possible. Please note: ... [More] The 2.0 series of Bad Behavior is receiving limited updates, including unblocks, bug fixes and [...] [Less]

Bad Behavior 2.2.3 has been released. This is a strongly recommended update for WordPress users; it is optional for users of other platforms. Port maintainers should take note of an additional callback function which needs to be implemented in your ... [More] ports prior to releasing this version. Who Should Update? WordPress users should update to take [...] [Less]

It seems the European Union has gone absolutely insane with extreme requirements for websites which use cookies. As Bad Behavior uses a cookie, and I’ve received requests for information about it, this post should serve to disclose (probably in much more detail than you really need) what Bad Behavior’s cookie is used for and what [...]

It’s that time again. Time for me to take Bad Behavior, throw its core engine away and rewrite it from scratch. For the second time. Why? As of now, Bad Behavior is shockingly effective, as one user said, at blocking automated spam and other malicious activity. However, that doesn’t catch all possible spam. There’s one [...]

Bad Behavior 2.2.2 has been released. This is a maintenance release and is recommended for all users. Who Should Update? MediaWiki and WordPress users, as well as all users who have enabled the Reverse Proxy feature, should update in order to receive the important bug fixes contained in this release. Users who have not yet [...]

Bad Behavior 2.2.1 has been released. This is a maintenance release and is recommended for all users. Who Should Update? All 2.2 series users should update in order to receive the important bug fixes contained in this release. Users who have not yet updated to the 2.2 series should plan to update as soon as [...]

Bad Behavior 2.2.0 has now been released. This is the first general availability release for the 2.2 series and is recommended for all users. Support for the Bad Behavior 2.0 branch will end June 30, 2013. All users should make plans to migrate to version 2.2 prior to that date. Who Should Upgrade? All users [...]