# Banned users re-signing up through proxy IPs

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/banned-users-re-signing-up-through-proxy-ips/54557>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [20. Dezember 2016 um 14:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banned-users-re-signing-up-through-proxy-ips/54557 "2016-12-20T14:33:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![scottfsmith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/scottfsmith/32/50976_2.png) [@scottfsmith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scottfsmith)\
**Post date:** [11. April 2019 um 01:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banned-users-re-signing-up-through-proxy-ips/54557/11 "2019-04-11T01:34:31Z")

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I think we just wore them down, they stopped coming back. Having some diligent mods was a big help.

Right after the last appearance someone launched a denial of service attack on our site, probably a last gasp. It was all from one IP though so it was easy to shut down.

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