Public bug reported: Antispam check was return false positives for domains that are not on spam list
To test: Create a site and then 1) Edit the Configuration -> Security settings and set Anti-spam to 'Advanced' Turn on Spamhaus and SURBL URL blacklists And save the settings 2) Create a group and create a forum post In your forum post add a url in the TinyMCE Editor, eg http://aaeebl.org And save the post You should be alerted that the url is blacklisted (you may not be alerted - it all depends on the third party response) You can check via terminal what is happening as well, eg for aaeebl.org you can do dig aaeebl.org.black.uribl.com dig aaeebl.org.spamhaus.org dig aaeebl.org.multi.surbl.com If any of the results have an A record in the answer section then the domain name is on a blacklist Except if the A record is 127.0.0.1 - this means the request has been rejected before testing also try dig aaeebl.org.multi.surbl.org This should pass where the .com version is failing ** Affects: mahara Importance: Medium Assignee: Robert Lyon (robertl-9) Status: In Progress ** Affects: mahara/15.04 Importance: Medium Status: In Progress ** Affects: mahara/15.10 Importance: Medium Status: In Progress ** Affects: mahara/16.04 Importance: Medium Status: In Progress ** Affects: mahara/16.10 Importance: Medium Status: In Progress ** Affects: mahara/17.04 Importance: Medium Assignee: Robert Lyon (robertl-9) Status: In Progress ** Also affects: mahara/15.10 Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: mahara/17.04 Importance: Medium Assignee: Robert Lyon (robertl-9) Status: In Progress ** Also affects: mahara/16.10 Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: mahara/15.04 Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: mahara/16.04 Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: mahara/16.10 Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: mahara/16.04 Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: mahara/15.10 Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: mahara/15.04 Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: mahara/15.04 Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: mahara/15.10 Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: mahara/16.04 Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: mahara/16.10 Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: mahara/16.10 Milestone: None => 16.10.3 ** Changed in: mahara/16.04 Milestone: None => 16.04.6 ** Changed in: mahara/15.10 Milestone: None => 15.10.8 ** Changed in: mahara/15.04 Milestone: None => 15.04.12 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contributors -- please ask on #mahara-dev or mahara.org forum before editing or unsubscribing it! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662367 Title: False positives in antispam checking Status in Mahara: In Progress Status in Mahara 15.04 series: In Progress Status in Mahara 15.10 series: In Progress Status in Mahara 16.04 series: In Progress Status in Mahara 16.10 series: In Progress Status in Mahara 17.04 series: In Progress Bug description: Antispam check was return false positives for domains that are not on spam list To test: Create a site and then 1) Edit the Configuration -> Security settings and set Anti-spam to 'Advanced' Turn on Spamhaus and SURBL URL blacklists And save the settings 2) Create a group and create a forum post In your forum post add a url in the TinyMCE Editor, eg http://aaeebl.org And save the post You should be alerted that the url is blacklisted (you may not be alerted - it all depends on the third party response) You can check via terminal what is happening as well, eg for aaeebl.org you can do dig aaeebl.org.black.uribl.com dig aaeebl.org.spamhaus.org dig aaeebl.org.multi.surbl.com If any of the results have an A record in the answer section then the domain name is on a blacklist Except if the A record is 127.0.0.1 - this means the request has been rejected before testing also try dig aaeebl.org.multi.surbl.org This should pass where the .com version is failing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1662367/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : mahara-contributors@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
