[PHP-DOC] fight spam in notes system [patches] [updated]

2006-06-16 Thread Etienne Kneuss
Hi again, after a short discussion on [EMAIL PROTECTED] with bjori and dave, I modified the patches a bit to handle a new protection challenge: the simple "please uncheck this box". Links remain the same: [1] http://www.colder.ch/repository/php/php.net/spam-protection.php [2] http://patches.cold

Re: [PHP-DOC] fight spam in notes system [patches]

2006-06-13 Thread Etienne Kneuss
Hi there, I've made something, please take a look at that: The spam challenge currently implemented is a first degree equation solver. e.g. "What is the value of x that satisfies this equation: - 20 = - 2*x + 56". It can handle 2 types of answers: 1) multiple choices (will display a list of rad

RE: [PHP-DOC] fight spam in notes system

2006-06-13 Thread Richard A. Quadling
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 June 2006 15:22 To: Hannes Magnusson Cc: phpdoc@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] fight spam in notes system Hello everyone, Here is some of my personal thought. Why don't we just give them some choice to choose? e.g. Who is known for his great formula "E

Re: [PHP-DOC] fight spam in notes system

2006-06-13 Thread Etienne Kneuss
Hi I've some ideas and some time, so I'll try to make something about that (provide a patch). About the general way we handle that: What do you think about creating a file on master.php.net that is responsible for handling such spam challenges. Things would work like that: add-note.php : asks

Re: [PHP-DOC] fight spam in notes system

2006-06-13 Thread bu
Hello everyone, Here is some of my personal thought. Why don't we just give them some choice to choose? e.g. Who is known for his great formula "E=mc square"? [O] Albert Einstein [O] Thomas Edison [O] Alfred Nobel ([O] means a radio button) Is the BOT able to choose which one is true? If it c

Re: [PHP-DOC] fight spam in notes system

2006-06-12 Thread Hannes Magnusson
On 6/12/06, Pierre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:48:46 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Etienne Kneuss) wrote: > Hi Nuno, > > 3. +1 > > I can think of two more solutions against it: > > 4. QI test, with a simple math calculus (maybe in a phrasal form "what > is the result of three pl

Re: [PHP-DOC] fight spam in notes system

2006-06-12 Thread Nathan Sullivan
im all for a captcha on the master server right now. the basic math idea might work though...could probably make it more complexed as time goes, randomize it a little. have maybe a few calculations in 1 go. but then again with most scripting languages it probably still wouldnt be hard to crack if y

Re: [PHP-DOC] fight spam in notes system

2006-06-12 Thread Nuno Lopes
4. QI test, with a simple math calculus (maybe in a phrasal form "what is the result of three plus for?") I prefer this one too (without typos ;-), text to speak or blind users will appreciate it too. I'm afraid a bit of this one, because it is damn too easy to crack.. A simple grammar will g

Re: [PHP-DOC] fight spam in notes system

2006-06-12 Thread Pierre
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:48:46 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Etienne Kneuss) wrote: > Hi Nuno, > > 3. +1 > > I can think of two more solutions against it: > > 4. QI test, with a simple math calculus (maybe in a phrasal form "what > is the result of three plus for?") I prefer this one too (without typ

Re: [PHP-DOC] fight spam in notes system

2006-06-12 Thread Etienne Kneuss
Hi Nuno, 3. +1 I can think of two more solutions against it: 4. QI test, with a simple math calculus (maybe in a phrasal form "what is the result of three plus for?") 5. An input that _can't_ be filled, if filled then the note is rejected: why ? Non-specific spam bots tend to fill everything, e

[PHP-DOC] fight spam in notes system

2006-06-12 Thread Nuno Lopes
Hi, As you may have noticed, I've disabled the user notes entry system, because we were receiving more than 100 spam notes per day for two months. That's too much work.. I don't really want to enable the thing before "fixing" the problem with spam. We currently have a words blacklist plus a