Contact form and IP ban

[Gambalunga]

Does an IP ban block use of the contact form?

I have had a small amount of contact form spam and a check on the IP address shows that it is coming from countries that are unlikely to host valid users of my service. I have placed a ban on the IP using a wildcard (for example 103.77.43.*)

My question is: will this block use of the contact form by users of that range of IP addresses?

Thanks
Peter

 

[imghut]

IP bans block access to the whole site, so yes they will not be able to access the contact form.

 

[Gambalunga]

Thanks.
I assumed that was the case but I was not entirely sure.

 

[bialy]

Hi guys.
Due to child porn flood, I accidentally banned local server IP. For some reason, user uploaded images appear as a local IP address, Yeah, I know, stupid move, but seeing such images I just trying delete this content and ban user urgently. Too fast apparently.
Now I need to remove ban manually. Is there a file which can be edited from the server side? I can't locate such a file. Trying to solve the issue before I just reinstall chevereto. It wasn't populated, was installed for personal use only but somehow pedophiles find out about it.

 

[imghut]

Download tor browser https://www.torproject.org/ login through that and unban yourself

 

[bialy]

Thanks for advice, but Tor will not help
Server banned themselves Everyone, no matter from what IP, get "You have been forbidden to use this website."
As I realized, probably every user appear in the log as a user with local IP address. Probably it's caused by the ISP firewall or network configuration which is outside my jurisdiction.
I really need to edit file via ssh

 

[imghut]

Ah I see, it's in the database, you got phpmyadmin installed?

 

[bialy]

Ah I see, it's in the database, you got phpmyadmin installed?

Yes, Thank you! Website is live again
I will switch website to registered only mode.