#859: Account registration is disabled.
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 Reporter:  freshnewpage  |       Owner:  nobody
     Type:  defect        |      Status:  new
 Priority:  major         |     Product:  BHD
Milestone:                |   Component:  siteadmin
  Version:                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |
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Description changed by freshnewpage:

Old description:

> The registration page is currently disabled:
>
> Visiting the page gives the following error:
>
> {{{
> Error: Not Found
> No handler matched request to /register
> }}}
>
> === Steps to re-create ===
> 1. Visit
> https://live.bloodhound.apache.org/bloodhound/products/BHD/register
>
> === Root cause ===
> The registration page was intentionally disabled due to the volume of
> spurious sign-ups that were coming through.
>
> === Desired outcome ===
> Make necessary adjustments such that it is acceptable to leave site
> registration on.
>
> === Possible solutions ===
>
> *. Signups could be limited to "Apache Committers only" by installing an
> appropriate LDAP config into httpd. This would reduce the spam but the
> downside is that legitimate signups from non-Apache committers would be
> filtered out.
>
> *. Another idea is using  an "email somebody an invite link" that could
> skip that authz/authn step. That would solve the problem. eg. LDAP
> restrictions on (making this up:) live.bh.a.o/signup/ and open for
> live.bh.a.o/invite/
> Potentially downside is volume of span invite requests that need to get
> dealt with by a human.
>
> *. reCapture style service integration would limit automated signups to
> prevent spam. This could be combined with above approaches.

New description:

 The registration page is currently disabled:

 Visiting the page gives the following error:

 {{{
 Error: Not Found
 No handler matched request to /register
 }}}

 === Steps to re-create ===
 1. Visit
 https://live.bloodhound.apache.org/bloodhound/products/BHD/register

 === Root cause ===
 The registration page was intentionally disabled due to the volume of
 spurious sign-ups that were coming through.

 === Desired outcome ===
 Make necessary adjustments such that it is acceptable to leave site
 registration on.

 === Possible solutions ===

 * Signups could be limited to "Apache Committers only" by installing an
 appropriate LDAP config into httpd. This would reduce the spam but the
 downside is that legitimate signups from non-Apache committers would be
 filtered out.

 * Another idea is using  an "email somebody an invite link" that could
 skip that authz/authn step. That would solve the problem. eg. LDAP
 restrictions on (making this up:) live.bh.a.o/signup/ and open for
 live.bh.a.o/invite/
 Potentially downside is volume of span invite requests that need to get
 dealt with by a human.

 * reCapture style service integration would limit automated signups to
 prevent spam. This could be combined with above approaches.

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