WP AIO Security – Blocking Comments

Hi,

The following feature Forbid Proxy Comment Posting adds the code illustrated below.

# BEGIN All In One WP Security
#AIOWPS_FORBID_PROXY_COMMENTS_START
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^POST
RewriteCond %{HTTP:VIA} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:FORWARDED} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:USERAGENT_VIA} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X_FORWARDED_FOR} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X_FORWARDED_HOST} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:PROXY_CONNECTION} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:XPROXY_CONNECTION} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:HTTP_PC_REMOTE_ADDR} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:HTTP_CLIENT_IP} !^$
RewriteRule wp-comments-post\.php - [F]
</IfModule>
#AIOWPS_FORBID_PROXY_COMMENTS_END
# END All In One WP Security

You have to investigate what part of the code above is causing the conflict in your site. Once you work it out, go to the following tab Custom Rules.

This feature can be used to apply your own custom .htaccess rules and directives. It is useful for when you want to tweak our existing firewall rules or when you want to add your own.

NOTE: This feature can only be used if your site is hosted in an apache or similar web server.

Let me know if the above helps you.

Thank you

Hi, @hmarksthespot

I had the same problem. It was caused by cloudflare.
If you you use cloudflare or other CDNs, you must disable forbid comment proxy posting, and there is no other way, cause these CDNs are like a proxy.

Hope it helps ??

Hi Longman, Thanks, ?? I did try this following your comment but now i get a 127.0.0.1 ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED.