From: http://claimid.com/richard-lyons Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 10:52:55 +0000 (-0400) Subject: new topic re 2rand[0,1,1] spam X-Git-Tag: 3.20130518~4 X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/commitdiff_plain/bf9fdcc80fd511c97643139ae298790e770854ef new topic re 2rand[0,1,1] spam --- diff --git a/doc/forum/How_can_I_prevent_spam__63__.mdwn b/doc/forum/How_can_I_prevent_spam__63__.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..44e31927e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/How_can_I_prevent_spam__63__.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +I am getting continuous spam like this: + + discussion 85.25.146.11 web 11:02:19 05/17/13 2rand[0,1,1] + discussion 85.25.146.11 web 11:02:13 05/17/13 2rand[0,1,1] + +The bot uses an IP address as the username and puts '2rand[0,1,1]' as comment text. + +I do not have a page 'discussion' in use, so I have redirected this page with an apache2 +Alias to a static page, just in case anyone stumbles on it. This means it cannot really +be edited via the web. However the bots that post +this spam are evidently not opening the page to edit it, but merely sending a cgi request +as if they had edited the page. The result is that no damage is done on the site and no +benefit is achieved for the spammer since google cannot see the result. However, the +logs are stuffed with spurious entries and a page is constantly recompiled, which wastes +resources. + +Is there some way to reject edits that do not arise from an established session?