Protectcord

Version 1.0.5-dev (Development Build)

⚠️ This is a development build. Features are functional but not fully tested in production.

• ✨ NEW: Player warning system with automatic escalation (3-strike system)
• ✨ NEW: /protectcord warn <player> <reason> - Issue warnings to players
• ✨ NEW: /protectcord warnings <player> - View complete warning history for any player
• ✨ NEW: /protectcord ban <player> <reason> - Manually ban players from the server
• ✨ NEW: /protectcord unban <player> - Remove bans and allow players to rejoin
• 🔧 ADDED: 3-Strike Auto-Ban System:
  • 1st warning: Player receives in-game chat warning
  • 2nd warning: Player is kicked with final warning message
  • 3rd warning: Player is automatically permanently banned
• 📊 ADDED: Persistent warning storage (YAML for BungeeCord, TOML for Velocity/Forge) with timestamps and issuer tracking
• 🔒 ADDED: Automatic ban check on player login (banned players cannot join)
• 🔧 IMPROVED: Updated reload command to also reload warning data
• 🎮 IMPROVED: Enhanced help text and tab completion with new moderation commands

Added - /protectcord kick <player> (v1.0.5 will be our moderation update)

Version 1.0.3 (Initial Forge Release)

• ✨ NEW: Native Forge 1.20.1 mod implementation
• ✨ NEW: TOML-based configuration (Forge standard)
• ✨ NEW: Explicit Tor exit node blocking (block-tor config option)
• ✨ NEW: Geo-blocking / region blocking system (blacklist or whitelist mode)
• ✨ NEW: Enhanced API integration with additional fields (is_tor, is_abuser, is_satellite, is_crawler, is_whitelisted, is_blacklisted)
• ✅ FEATURE: Real-time IP verification via ProtectCord API
• ✅ FEATURE: VPN, Proxy, Tor, and Datacenter detection
• ✅ FEATURE: Risk-based blocking system (UNKNOWN to CRITICAL) - optional, disabled by default
• ✅ FEATURE: Player/UUID/IP whitelist system
• ✅ FEATURE: Discord webhook integration with customizable events
• ✅ FEATURE: Configurable kick messages with color codes
• ✅ FEATURE: bStats integration (Plugin ID: 24623)
• 🔧 CHANGED: Risk-level blocking is optional and disabled by default (enable-risk-level-blocking = false)
• 🔧 IMPROVED: Better blocking logic with hierarchical priority (geo → connection types → risk level)
• 🔧 IMPROVED: Fully async operation using CompletableFuture
• 🔧 IMPROVED: Fail-open security model (allows connections on API errors)
• 📊 ADDED: Company risk score tracking from API
• 📊 ADDED: Separate country code field for accurate geo-blocking
• 📊 ADDED: Platform-specific metrics ("Forge", "1.20.1")-
• 🏗️ ARCHITECTURE: Shadow JAR with relocated dependencies

Version 1.0.3

• ✨ NEW: Explicit Tor exit node blocking (block-tor config option)
• ✨ NEW: Geo-blocking / region blocking system (blacklist or whitelist mode)
• ✨ NEW: Enhanced API integration with additional fields (is_tor, is_abuser, is_satellite, is_crawler, is_whitelisted, is_blacklisted)
• 🔧 CHANGED: Risk-level blocking is now optional and disabled by default (enable-risk-level-blocking: false)
• 🔧 IMPROVED: Better blocking logic with hierarchical priority (geo → connection types → risk level)
• 📊 ADDED: Company risk score tracking from API
• 📊 ADDED: Separate country code field for accurate geo-blocking