== Bad Behaviour 3.0 — Configuration Reference ==
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=== Quick Start: Safe Defaults ===
%%(hl ini)
; config/bb_settings.conf (or settings.ini)
[core]
logging = true
verbose = false
strict = false
offsite_forms = false
; New 3.0 features (opt-in)
enable_fingerprinting = false
inspect_json_body = false
inspect_multipart_body = false
enable_behavioral_analysis = true
enable_ai_crawler_control = true
[ai_crawlers]
allowed[] = "GPTBot"
allowed[] = "ClaudeBot"
allowed[] = "Google-Extended"
block_unverified_ai = true
strict_ai = false
[rate_limits]
enabled = true
global_requests = 1000
global_window = 3600
per_minute_requests = 60
per_minute_window = 60
post_requests = 30
post_window = 3600
login_requests = 10
login_window = 900
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=== Complete Settings Reference ===
==== ##[core]## — Core Behaviour ====
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*| Setting | Type | Default | Risk | When to Enable |*
|| ##logging## | bool | ##true## | **NONE** | Always — required for audit trail ||
|| ##verbose## | bool | ##false## | **LOW** — log volume | Debugging only; logs //every// request ||
|| ##strict## | bool | ##false## | **HIGH** — breaks valid traffic | Only if you control all clients (API-only, internal) ||
|| ##offsite_forms## | bool | ##false## | **MEDIUM** — blocks external POSTs | If you have **zero** legitimate external form posts ||
|| ##enable_fingerprinting## | bool | ##false## | **MEDIUM** — FP on old browsers/proxies | After 2+ weeks monitoring logs ||
|| ##inspect_json_body## | bool | ##false## | **HIGH** — blocks wiki markup, code | **Never** for AJAX/JSON apps ||
|| ##inspect_multipart_body## | bool | ##false## | **HIGH** — blocks file uploads | **Never** for upload endpoints ||
|| ##enable_behavioral_analysis## | bool | ##true## | **LOW** — rate/rotating UA | Keep enabled (safe) ||
|| ##enable_ai_crawler_control## | bool | ##true## | **LOW** — verified AI allowed | Keep enabled ||
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==== ##[reverse_proxy]## — Proxy / Load Balancer ====
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*| Setting | Type | Default | Risk | When to Configure |*
|| ##enabled## | bool | ##false## | **MEDIUM** — wrong IP if misconfigured | **Required** if behind Cloudflare, nginx, ALB, etc. ||
|| ##header## | string | ##X-Forwarded-For## | — | Match your proxy's header ||
|| ##addresses[]## | CIDR[] | ##[]## | **HIGH** — spoofing if wrong | **Must** list all proxy IP ranges (Cloudflare, AWS ALB, etc.) ||
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<[⚠️ **Never enable ##enabled=true## without ##addresses[]##** — allows IP spoofing.]>
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==== ##[ai_crawlers]## — AI Crawler Management ====
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*| Setting | Type | Default | Risk | When to Change |*
|| ##allowed[]## | string[] | ##GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended## | **LOW** | Add/remove based on your robots.txt policy ||
|| ##block_unverified_ai## | bool | ##true## | **LOW** | Keep ##true## — blocks spoofed AI bots ||
|| ##strict_ai## | bool | ##false## | **MEDIUM** — blocks even verified unallowed AI | Only if you want **zero** AI crawlers ||
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**Verified AI Crawlers** (IP + DNS verified):
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*| Token | Robots.txt | Owner | Verification |*
|| ##GPTBot## | ##GPTBot## | OpenAI | DNS ##openai.com## ||
|| ##ClaudeBot## | ##ClaudeBot## | Anthropic | DNS ##anthropic.com## ||
|| ##Google-Extended## | ##Google-Extended## | Google | DNS ##googlebot.com## ||
|| ##PerplexityBot## | ##PerplexityBot## | Perplexity | IP ranges only ||
|| ##Meta-ExternalAgent## | ##Meta-ExternalAgent## | Meta | DNS ##facebook.com## ||
|| ##Applebot-Extended## | ##Applebot-Extended## | Apple | DNS ##applebot.apple.com## ||
|| ##CCBot## | ##CCBot## | Common Crawl | IP ranges only ||
|| ##ia_archiver## | ##ia_archiver## | Internet Archive | IP ranges only ||
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==== ##[bot_categories]## — Category Blocking ====
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*| Setting | Type | Default | Risk | Notes |*
|| ##blocked[]## | string[] | ##["malicious"]## | **MEDIUM** | Categories: ##search_engine##, ##ai_crawler##, ##social_crawler##, ##seo_crawler##, ##archive_crawler##, ##monitoring##, ##malicious##, ##unknown## ||
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<[Only ##malicious## blocked by default. Adding ##seo_crawler## blocks Ahrefs, Semrush, MJ12bot, etc.]>
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==== ##[rate_limits]## — Rate Limiting ====
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*| Setting | Type | Default | Risk | Tuning |*
|| ##enabled## | bool | ##true## | **LOW** | Keep enabled ||
|| ##global_requests## | int | ##1000## | **LOW** | Per IP per ##global_window## ||
|| ##global_window## | int | ##3600## | — | Seconds (1 hour) ||
|| ##per_minute_requests## | int | ##60## | **LOW** | Burst protection ||
|| ##per_minute_window## | int | ##60## | — | Seconds ||
|| ##post_requests## | int | ##30## | **LOW** | Form spam protection ||
|| ##post_window## | int | ##3600## | — | Seconds (1 hour) ||
|| ##login_requests## | int | ##10## | **LOW** | Brute force protection ||
|| ##login_window## | int | ##900## | — | Seconds (15 min) ||
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**Login endpoint detection**: Automatically triggers on URLs matching ##/(login|signin|auth|password)/i##.
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==== ##[challenge]## — Challenge System ====
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*| Setting | Type | Default | Risk | Providers |*
|| ##enabled## | bool | ##false## | **MEDIUM** — UX friction | ##builtin##, ##hcaptcha##, ##recaptcha##, ##turnstile## ||
|| ##provider## | string | ##builtin## | — | ##builtin## = PoW (no external deps) ||
|| ##site_key## | string | ##""## | — | Required for hCaptcha/reCAPTCHA/Turnstile ||
|| ##secret_key## | string | ##""## | — | Required for hCaptcha/reCAPTCHA/Turnstile ||
|| ##recaptcha_min_score## | float | ##0.5## | — | reCAPTCHA v3 only (0.0–1.0) ||
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<[**Builtin PoW** works everywhere, no keys needed. Use for internal/admin areas.]>
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==== ##[performance]## — Static Asset Skipping ====
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*| Setting | Type | Default | Notes |*
|| ##skip_extensions[]## | string[] | ##css, js, png, jpg, jpeg, gif, ico, svg, woff, woff2, ttf, eot, webp, avif, map, txt## | Never inspect these ||
|| ##skip_paths[]## | string[] | ##/static/, /assets/, /media/, /images/, /css/, /js/, /fonts/, /dist/, /build/, /vendor/, /node_modules/## | Prefix match ||
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=== Whitelist (##whitelist.ini##) ===
%%(hl ini)
[ip]
internal = "10.0.0.0/8"
office = "203.0.113.0/24"
cloudflare = "173.245.48.0/20"
[useragent]
monitoring = "InternalMonitor/1.0"
api_client = "MyApp/2.0 (Internal)"
[url]
health = "/health"
webhook = "/webhook/"
api = "/api/v1/status"
[asn]
google = "AS15169"
cloudflare = "AS13335"
[country]
us = "US"
de = "DE"
%%
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=== Risk Matrix Summary ===
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*| Setting | Risk | Safe Default | Enable After |*
|| ##strict## | 🔴 HIGH | ##false## | Never (or internal only) ||
|| ##offsite_forms## | 🟡 MEDIUM | ##false## | No external forms ||
|| ##enable_fingerprinting## | 🟡 MEDIUM | ##false## | 2+ weeks logs clean ||
|| ##inspect_json_body## | 🔴 HIGH | ##false## | Never (AJAX apps) ||
|| ##inspect_multipart_body## | 🔴 HIGH | ##false## | Never (uploads) ||
|| ##block_unverified_ai## | 🟢 LOW | ##true## | Keep enabled ||
|| ##strict_ai## | 🟡 MEDIUM | ##false## | Zero AI policy ||
|| ##enable_behavioral_analysis## | 🟢 LOW | ##true## | Keep enabled ||
|| ##enable_ai_crawler_control## | 🟢 LOW | ##true## | Keep enabled ||
|| ##reverse_proxy.enabled## | 🟡 MEDIUM | ##false## | Behind proxy + addresses[] ||
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=== Migration from 2.x ===
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*| 2.x Setting | 3.0 Equivalent |*
|| ##strict## | ##strict## ||
|| ##verbose## | ##verbose## ||
|| ##logging## | ##logging## ||
|| ##offsite_forms## | ##offsite_forms## ||
|| ##httpbl_key## | ##httpbl_key## (in ##[core]##) ||
|| ##httpbl_threat## | ##httpbl_threat## ||
|| ##httpbl_maxage## | ##httpbl_maxage## ||
|| ##reverse_proxy## | ##[reverse_proxy] enabled## ||
|| ##reverse_proxy_header## | ##[reverse_proxy] header## ||
|| ##reverse_proxy_addresses## | ##[reverse_proxy] addresses[]## ||
|| ##display_stats## | Admin panel (TBD) ||
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=== Example: Production Wiki (Your Case) ===
%%(hl ini)
[core]
logging = true
verbose = false
strict = false
offsite_forms = false
enable_fingerprinting = false
inspect_json_body = false
inspect_multipart_body = false
enable_behavioral_analysis = true
enable_ai_crawler_control = true
[reverse_proxy]
enabled = true
header = "CF-Connecting-IP"
addresses[] = "173.245.48.0/20"
addresses[] = "103.21.244.0/22"
; ... all Cloudflare ranges
[ai_crawlers]
allowed[] = "GPTBot"
allowed[] = "ClaudeBot"
allowed[] = "Google-Extended"
block_unverified_ai = true
strict_ai = false
[rate_limits]
enabled = true
global_requests = 1000
per_minute_requests = 60
post_requests = 30
login_requests = 10
[performance]
skip_extensions[] = "css"
skip_extensions[] = "js"
; ... (defaults fine)
%%
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=== Testing Configuration Changes ===
%%(hl bash)
# 1. Validate INI syntax
php -r "var_dump(parse_ini_file('config/bb_settings.conf', true));"
# 2. Test specific endpoint
curl -X POST https://yourwiki/src/AddComment \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"ajax_preview":"1","body":"test"}'
# 3. Check logs
tail -f data/bad_behaviour.log # or your DB table
# 4. Verify rate limits
for i in {1..65}; do curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}\n" /; done | sort | uniq -c
# Should see 429 after 60/min
%%
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=== Files to Distribute ===
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*| File | Purpose |*
|| ##settings.ini.example## | Full commented example ||
|| ##whitelist.ini.example## | Whitelist template ||
|| ##CONFIGURATION.md## | This document ||
|| ##MIGRATION.md## | 2.x → 3.0 guide ||
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This reference gives admins **exactly what they need**: risk level, when to enable, and what breaks if misconfigured.