Re: [newbie] Apache and blocking Referrer spam

2004-10-13 Thread frankieh
Bryan Phinney wrote: Don't know if anyone else here is running Apache with web logs, or 'blogs' and has had trouble with referrer spam but I thought I would mention my latest experience. Blogs are one of the more interesting developments of the Internet and there are a lot of packages out

Re: [newbie] Apache and blocking Referrer spam

2004-10-13 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 13 October 2004 06:19, frankieh wrote: Bryan Phinney wrote: If anyone else is having this problem and runs Apache to host their own site, I can quickly show you how to do this (add a few lines to httpd2.conf) and you can block these out yourself. Yup, please do.. I have

Re: [newbie] Apache and blocking Referrer spam

2004-10-13 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 06:19, frankieh wrote: Bryan Phinney wrote: Don't know if anyone else here is running Apache with web logs, or 'blogs' and has had trouble with referrer spam but I thought I would mention my latest experience. Blogs are one of the more interesting developments

Re: [newbie] Apache and blocking Referrer spam

2004-10-13 Thread Todd Slater
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 06:19:23PM +0800, frankieh wrote: Bryan Phinney wrote: Don't know if anyone else here is running Apache with web logs, or 'blogs' and has had trouble with referrer spam but I thought I would mention my latest experience. snip If anyone else is having this problem and

Re: [newbie] Apache and blocking Referrer spam

2004-10-13 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 13 October 2004 08:36, Todd Slater wrote: I have issues with comment spam but not referrer spam, but if I understand Bryan's strategy it will not block comment spammers, right? WordPress has some nice comment spam-fighting features built in, but I have yet to find the perfect

Re: [newbie] Apache and blocking Referrer spam

2004-10-13 Thread Todd Slater
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 11:36:26AM -0400, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Wednesday 13 October 2004 08:36, Todd Slater wrote: I have issues with comment spam but not referrer spam, but if I understand Bryan's strategy it will not block comment spammers, right? WordPress has some nice comment

Re: [newbie] Apache and blocking Referrer spam

2004-10-13 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 13 October 2004 12:34, Todd Slater wrote: Cool, I used to use b2evolution (after b2/cafelog) but was under the impression development had stopped and everybody was jumping to WordPress, which I currently use. WP has comment moderation--comments can be held based on number of

[newbie] Apache and blocking Referrer spam

2004-10-12 Thread Bryan Phinney
Don't know if anyone else here is running Apache with web logs, or 'blogs' and has had trouble with referrer spam but I thought I would mention my latest experience. Blogs are one of the more interesting developments of the Internet and there are a lot of packages out there that allow people

Re: [newbie] Apache and blocking Referrer spam

2004-10-12 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Tuesday 12 October 2004 13:20, Bryan Phinney wrote: snip If anyone else is having this problem and runs Apache to host their own site, I can quickly show you how to do this (add a few lines to httpd2.conf) and you can block these out yourself. Good for you Bryan. A service for the world. --