Manual:$wgProxyList

User rights, access control and monitoring: $wgProxyList
A list of IP addresses to be banned
Introduced in version:	1.3.0 (r4130)
Removed in version:	Still in use
Allowed values:	(array), (string)
Default value:	[]
Other settings: Alphabetical | By function

Details

Sets a list of IP addresses to be banned. (Originally meant for presumed open proxies that would most likely only be used for vandalism and block evasion, but can be used for blocking any kind of unwanted actors.)

This can be an array of IP addresses or a string with the path to a file with each IP address on a separate line.

Examples

A list of IP addresses

$wgProxyList = [
	'127.0.0.1',
];

From an interface message

Copy and paste a comma-delimited list (e.g. 1.0.170.183,1.0.170.188,1.0.170.234,1.0.170.24) of open proxies into "MediaWiki:Openproxylist"; then put the following in LocalSettings.php :

$wgHooks['userCan'][] = 'getOpenProxyList';
$gotOpenProxyList = false;
function getOpenProxyList( $article, $fields ) {
	global $gotOpenProxyList, $wgProxyList;
	if ( !$gotOpenProxyList ) {
		$wgProxyList = explode( ',', wfMessage( 'openproxylist' )->plain() );
	}
	$gotOpenProxyList = true;
	return true;
}

See also

• $wgProxyWhitelist - Allows to directly exempt an individual IP address or a list of IP addresses
• $wgEnableDnsBlacklist - Allows to use a DNS blacklist service to block IP addresses
• stopforumspam.com's list of known bot IP addresses