Sunny, Why don't you try "Invite Only" option for for site timebeing?
Thanks, Gaurav 2009/8/4 Sunny Chow <[email protected]> > Greg, thank you for sharing this banning file with us. I uploaded it and it > appears to work. > > However, I realise that these spam account names are probably auto > generated and each is unique and may only be used once or a few times each. > As such, banning them all is a catch-up game and too tiring to keep doing. > > What we need is to stop them from registering altogether and the code > snippet from Evan and the captcha are probably the best solution in my > opinion. I hope to get both working on my site. > > Cheers > > Sunny > > 2009/8/3 Greg Clute <[email protected]> > > I'm getting the same spam attack on my site. Eric's reCaptcha plugin >> doesn't work with web-kit browsers, so I haven't implemented it on my site >> yet. >> The latest attack over the past few weeks has been the same 11name99 >> pattern other users are reporting. Thanks for the code to ban >> certain patterns, I'll put it on my site and give it a try. :) >> >> I'd like to be >> able to setup my site where a user has to verify their email address before >> their updates are listed on the public timeline. With >> my limited scripting knowledge, I know there probably isn't an easy way to >> do that, but I'd appreciate any ideas. >> >> A friend of mine setup an easy way to "ban" users with a script I've >> attached. It will hide the banned users updates from the public timeline as >> well as reset their profile and show them as banned. >> >> -Greg >> >> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Evan Prodromou >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> egasus egasus wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Same here >>>> now i am getting a similar spam attack.. >>>> >>>> >>> OK, that's definitely very serious. >>> >>> First thing I'd suggest is using Eric Helgeson's reCaptcha plugin for >>> registration: >>> >>> >>> http://gitorious.org/~erichelgeson/laconica/eric-dev2/trees/recaptcha-plugin<http://gitorious.org/%7Eerichelgeson/laconica/eric-dev2/trees/recaptcha-plugin>< >>> http://gitorious.org/%7Eerichelgeson/laconica/eric-dev2/trees/recaptcha-plugin >>> > >>> >>> I haven't tried it or tested it but it's probably the best thing to use >>> right now. >>> >>> Second, if you're sure there's a pattern in the user names, try this >>> snippet of code in config.php: >>> >>> http://pastebin.ca/1516064 >>> >>> Change the $nicknamePatterns global variable to suit your needs. >>> >>> Clearly we have a lot of work to do on the spamming end; at the very >>> least we need plugins to support context-oriented tools like Bad Behaviour >>> and SURBL as well as content-oriented tools like Bayesian filters, >>> blocklists, Akismet, Mollom, and Defensio. More captcha tools and >>> intelligence tests are probably worthwhile, too. >>> >>> -Evan >>> >>> -- >>> Evan Prodromou >>> CEO, Control Yourself, Inc. >>> [email protected] - http://identi.ca/evan - +1-514-554-3826 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Laconica-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Laconica-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Laconica-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev > >
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