Re: [Standards] Time to look at anti-spam XEPs? [Fwd: Re: [Operators] Strange users]

2011-10-12 Thread Mike Wacker

On 10/12/2011 8:29 AM, Matthew Wild wrote:

On 12 October 2011 15:44, Kim Alvefur  wrote:

 Forwarded Message 

From: Mathias Ertl
Reply-to: XMPP Operators Group
To: operat...@xmpp.org
Subject: Re: [Operators] Strange users
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:51:23 +0200


[...]

To make a long story short: I think we have a significant spamming problem on
jabber.

So, is it time to bring up the various anti-spam/abuse related XEPs?

No, it's not. XEPs are words, not action. The best way to properly
revive the XEPs and ensure they'll stay revived is to implement them.

I have some code for reporting already - if you're interested in
working on it then I can find it for you...

Regards,
Matthew
Agreed, I haven't looked at the XEPs for anti-spam, but if you determine 
that a user is a spammer, then just reject their login. If you determine 
that a message stanza is SPIM, just block it. I don't think we can cut a 
deal with the spammers to stop what they're doing until the community 
can converge on an anti-spam XEP.


With spim, spam, and abuse, a lot of times the difficult part is to 
identify the bad user or the bad stanza without accidentally denying 
service to legitimate users. An XEP is more useful for telling you what 
the standard procedure is for dealing with spam than telling you how to 
identify spam.


Mike


Re: [Standards] Time to look at anti-spam XEPs? [Fwd: Re: [Operators] Strange users]

2011-10-12 Thread Matthew Wild
On 12 October 2011 15:44, Kim Alvefur  wrote:
>  Forwarded Message 
>> From: Mathias Ertl 
>> Reply-to: XMPP Operators Group 
>> To: operat...@xmpp.org
>> Subject: Re: [Operators] Strange users
>> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:51:23 +0200
>>
> [...]
>> To make a long story short: I think we have a significant spamming problem on
>> jabber.
>
> So, is it time to bring up the various anti-spam/abuse related XEPs?

No, it's not. XEPs are words, not action. The best way to properly
revive the XEPs and ensure they'll stay revived is to implement them.

I have some code for reporting already - if you're interested in
working on it then I can find it for you...

Regards,
Matthew


Re: [Standards] Time to look at anti-spam XEPs? [Fwd: Re: [Operators] Strange users]

2011-10-12 Thread Evgeniy Khramtsov

On 13.10.2011 01:16, Kevin Smith wrote:

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Evgeniy Khramtsov  wrote:

And all those XEPs are deferred now :)

Deferred just means the authors haven't been updating or attempting to
advance them - nothing more and nothing less.


Yeah, I know, thanks :)

--
Regards,
Evgeniy Khramtsov, ProcessOne.
xmpp:x...@jabber.ru.



Re: [Standards] Time to look at anti-spam XEPs? [Fwd: Re: [Operators] Strange users]

2011-10-12 Thread Kevin Smith
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Evgeniy Khramtsov  wrote:
> On 13.10.2011 00:44, Kim Alvefur wrote:
>>
>>  Forwarded Message 
>>>
>>> From: Mathias Ertl
>>> Reply-to: XMPP Operators Group
>>> To: operat...@xmpp.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Operators] Strange users
>>> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:51:23 +0200
>>>
>> [...]
>>>
>>> To make a long story short: I think we have a significant spamming
>>> problem on
>>> jabber.
>>
>> So, is it time to bring up the various anti-spam/abuse related XEPs?
>
> You're not the first telling this.
> And all those XEPs are deferred now :)

Deferred just means the authors haven't been updating or attempting to
advance them - nothing more and nothing less.

/K


Re: [Standards] Time to look at anti-spam XEPs? [Fwd: Re: [Operators] Strange users]

2011-10-12 Thread Evgeniy Khramtsov

On 13.10.2011 00:44, Kim Alvefur wrote:

 Forwarded Message 

From: Mathias Ertl
Reply-to: XMPP Operators Group
To: operat...@xmpp.org
Subject: Re: [Operators] Strange users
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:51:23 +0200


[...]

To make a long story short: I think we have a significant spamming problem on
jabber.

So, is it time to bring up the various anti-spam/abuse related XEPs?


You're not the first telling this.
And all those XEPs are deferred now :)

--
Regards,
Evgeniy Khramtsov, ProcessOne.
xmpp:x...@jabber.ru.



[Standards] Time to look at anti-spam XEPs? [Fwd: Re: [Operators] Strange users]

2011-10-12 Thread Kim Alvefur
 Forwarded Message 
> From: Mathias Ertl 
> Reply-to: XMPP Operators Group 
> To: operat...@xmpp.org
> Subject: Re: [Operators] Strange users
> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:51:23 +0200
> 
[...]
> To make a long story short: I think we have a significant spamming problem on 
> jabber.

So, is it time to bring up the various anti-spam/abuse related XEPs?
-- 
Kim Alvefur