On 1/4/07, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Lucas C. Villa Real" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We're being flooded by many spams on the bug tracker. I'm going to > > remove the reporter level of the anonymous account and will default it > > to viewer only. > > Please don't help spammers hurt gobolinux like that!
There's absolutely no way to keep removing these posts by hand. While I was deleting some of them, another ones were being added. It sucks, but since there's no regex support we can't use blacklists, and I see no other solution. > I remind you it is currently not possible for some users to log in to > bugs.gobolinux.org because it requires users to pass an eye test at > signup. I cannot post to Mantis Forums about this because > registration includes an eye test and they helpfully give [EMAIL PROTECTED] > as the admin contact address. :-/ I can create the accounts here and enable them by default. Do you want me to create an account for you? > I apolgise for not chasing that up more and sooner, but how can I > persuade you not to cripple anonymous access? If you need help > defending it against spam attacks, I will help, but I suspect the > non-accessibility of Mantis may stop me doing that on the admin side. > > If you'd like me to develop patches, please describe the attacks and > tell me where to get the source as used on bugs.gobolinux.org. I've temporarily set the anonymous account to viewer only, until we have a way to avoid this crap. If you have the time to develop something, here's the kind of attack we have been receiving: <spam> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- anonymous - 01-03-07 23:21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Very good site. Thank you! <a href=http://mash.superforum.fr/First-time-anal-double-anal-anal-cream-pie-anal-destruction-mature-anal-h2.html></a> [url=http://mash.superforum.fr/First-time-anal-double-anal-anal-cream-pie-anal-destruction-mature-anal-h2.html][/url] <a href=http://www.forumprofi3.de/forum8860/></a> [url=http://www.forumprofi3.de/forum8860/][/url] <a href=http://neyeer.free-bb.com/></a> [url=http://neyeer.free-bb.com/][/url] </spam> <spam2> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- anonymous - 01-04-07 01:16 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Very good site. Thank you!!! <a href=http://server2.foros.net/ebeb.html></a> [url=http://server2.foros.net/ebeb.html][/url] <a href=http://www.board-z.de/board12428/></a> [url=http://www.board-z.de/board12428/][/url] <a href=http://www.board-z.de/board12430/></a> [url=http://www.board-z.de/board12430/][/url] <a href=http://www.board-z.de/board12431/></a> [url=http://www.board-z.de/board12431/][/url] </spam2> And so on. -- Lucas powered by /dev/dsp _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
