xF2 Premium Signup abuse detection and blocking

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- Provides a toolkit to reduce signup spam

From (simple) multiple accounts detection to isp/connection fingerprinting with score-based moderating/rejecting logic. These are very effective low-hanging fruit at reducing spam.

Supports migration configuration from the following XF1 add-ons;

• TPU Spam Detect
• Alter ego Detector

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• If a user is rejected due to score, do not apply direct moderate user rules
• Rename option "Show user registration records on user profile tab" to "Show user multiple account records on user profile tab"

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• Fixed an error bumping a multi-account report

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1.4.3 - Bugfix update

• When merging a user, do not damage the record indicating that source user was detected as a multi-account for target user
• Improve handling of deleted(or merged) users when rendering multi-account detection events
• Reduce some redundant queries when viewing reports

1.4.2 - Bugfix update

• Fix "Please enter a value for the required field 'username'." when handing a legacy alter-ego login. Note...

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• Fix possible "Please enter a value for the required field 'username'." when a user hits rate limiting on a login attempt

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• Require XF2.1+, drop XF2.0 support
• Harden Content Link Checker to hopefully not cause regex errors with some versions of php
• Support using a proxy service for port scans (bundled script/port_scanner.php provided. Host port_scanner.php on a webserver somewhere, and then enter the URL into the relevant add-on option)

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• Improve the onboarding process by hooking XF's periodic 'keep-alive' beacons, and checking that the tracking cookie is set
• Improve the reliability of tracking multiple accounts in some cases
• Fix "Add to group"/"Reject" direct rules not working for multi-account actioning on registration
• Fix "Do not save users rejected on signup" option with XF2.1.6+

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