I am not sure what web server you are using but I have seen mod spamhaus which is a module for apache which using DNSBL's to block bot nets etc.
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 3:35 AM, Nathan Larson <nathanlarson3...@gmail.com>wrote: > BlockandNuke looks pretty good, except that I don't like the idea of > deleting stuff completely from the database. Therefore, I might create a > fork of that or of > BlockBatch<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BlockBatch>to > revert rather than nuke changes. I've started a page to brainstorm > antivandalism development ideas: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Countervandalism_development > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:11 PM, George Barnick < > george.barn...@brickcraft.me > > wrote: > > > BlockAndNuke will likely be very useful to you. I don't think a fresh > > MediaWiki installation would be ideal, since it would allow for spambots > to > > rejoin and spam using the same usernames and IP addresses as you have > > already blocked. It would just create more work. > > > > One solution I can tell you from experience is very useful when dealing > > with spambots is AbuseFilter. I work as an administrator on a couple > > projects on a rather large wiki farm ( http://www.brickimedia.org ) and > > after implementing abusefilters to disallow or warn users when they trip > a > > filter, I haven't seen an actual spambot account in several months. If > you > > would like to use some of the abusefilters I've made (or adapted), I'd be > > perfectly willing to send you two of the most useful ones I have. > > > > Kind Regards, > > George Barnick > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > -- > Nathan Larson <https://mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Leucosticte> > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > -- Jonathan Aquilina _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
