On 10/25/2012 05:58 PM, Ron Savage wrote: > Hi Mark > > On 26/10/12 02:01, Mark Stosberg wrote: >> On 10/25/2012 10:51 AM, Brian Wightman wrote: >>> Are we able to block this username (I know it won't be very effective) from >>> doing any type of updates? Perhaps just bit-bucketing them or blacklisting >>> the IP for a period of time? >> >> I believe we have, or can have, root access on the server where the site >> is hosted. So we have some options to block IPs at the OS or Apache level. > > AFAIK, some ISPs, including Amazon, share IPs among many users, so > blocking an IP is contentious. > >> The application could be patched to ban this username as well. > > Could be done, but then he'd switch. > > I suggesting disabling edits unless the user name is on a list. Then > there's the chance the abuser would see legit edits and impersonate that > user...
Ron, You are right on all points. That brings me to Plan B, which is perhaps over due: Start over the wiki using a new platform. It's due for a "refresh" anyway. I'm sure a lot of the content should use a review for updates, purging and adding, and the design is stale now as well. More modern choices have decent option for spam prevention built in. Mark ##### CGI::Application community mailing list ################ ## ## ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp ## ## ## ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## ## ## ################################################################
