I think those are usually SEO (Search Engine Optimization) bots that go around posting innocuous comments with a link to the thing they want to promote. In other words, spam.
I still think we should turn on the requirement to log into sourceforge before posting to the trackers. It'll prevent that kind of spam. .hc On Apr 4, 2012, at 11:44 PM, Jim Hickcox wrote: > I'm sad it's not the first assumption. > I would be really interested in a robot crawling around complimenting people. > If only I knew how to make one... > > 2012/4/3 Charles Henry <czhe...@gmail.com>: >> On 4/3/12, András Murányi <muran...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Maybe it tries to inject javascript for xss >>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting) or php or mysql to >>> be eventually executed on the server? Or we're just being malicious ;) >>> >>> András >> >> LOL--I get it now. Probably, sourceforge has some intelligence (more >> than me) to strip out script tags. When I view the page source, >> there's no additional text. So, that seems likely--as long as the >> motivation is to hack websites. >> Thanks for the explanation. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pd-dev mailing list >> Pd-dev@iem.at >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-dev mailing list > Pd-dev@iem.at > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hate it when they say, "He gave his life for his country." Nobody gives their life for anything. We steal the lives of these kids. -Admiral Gene LeRocque _______________________________________________ Pd-dev mailing list Pd-dev@iem.at http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
