Massive Spamming of the boost Wiki
Dear All, sadly, the Boost wiki is currently spammed with a big amount of spam, see e.g. <http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?RecentChanges> Since the IP adress is logged, I'd like to ask wether there's a possibility for action. I'm reporting this, because if the spamming continues on this level the wiki will be rendered useless soon. Best regards, Peter
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 13:48:35 +0200, Peter Schmitteckert (boost) wrote
Dear All,
sadly, the Boost wiki is currently spammed with a big amount of spam, see e.g.
<http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?RecentChanges>
Since the IP adress is logged, I'd like to ask wether there's a possibility for action.
It's banned now -- thx for the head's up.
I'm reporting this, because if the spamming continues on this level the wiki will be rendered useless soon.
I'll take care of it -- won't be too hard. May be a bit slow, though, as I've been reduced to a dial-up connection for now... Jeff
"Jeff Garland" <jeff@crystalclearsoftware.com> wrote in message news:20050907144721.M67327@crystalclearsoftware.com...
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 13:48:35 +0200, Peter Schmitteckert (boost) wrote
Dear All,
sadly, the Boost wiki is currently spammed with a big amount of spam, see e.g.
Restored completely now. Let me know if you find any additional spammed pages.
Jeff
A lot of additional spam has been added... Mike
Jeff Garland wrote:
sadly, the Boost wiki is currently spammed with a big amount of spam, see e.g.
Restored completely now. Let me know if you find any additional spammed pages.
At least http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?OutlineViews is still spammed. Regards Hartmut
On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:56:57 -0500, Hartmut Kaiser wrote
Jeff Garland wrote:
sadly, the Boost wiki is currently spammed with a big amount of spam, see e.g.
Restored completely now. Let me know if you find any additional spammed pages.
At least http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?OutlineViews is still spammed.
Thx -- that was an added page -- it's deleted now. Jeff
"Jeff Garland" <jeff@crystalclearsoftware.com> writes:
At least http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?OutlineViews is still spammed.
Thx -- that was an added page -- it's deleted now.
Jeff, Is authentication still out-of-the-question for the Wiki? This spam seems to be a major problem. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com
David Abrahams schrieb:
Is authentication still out-of-the-question for the Wiki? This spam seems to be a major problem.
I have written a lightwight authorization that runs on apache servers. The application does not need to be changed, beacuse it can be used similar to basic authorization in the configuration files. You simply specify which urls are about to be protected. Also it does not store user credentials on the server, but creates tickets that are stored in the browsers cookies. The user is required to have a valid email address to which the activation code is beeing sent. This requires however that you can install perl modules on the server and have control over its configuration file. If this sounds interesting, I could send a copy of this, altough the installation is not well documented yet. Regards, Roland
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David Abrahams -
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Peter Schmitteckert (boost) -
Roland Schwarz