On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 12:54 PM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 6 September 2013 18:48, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 6 September 2013 17:07, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > >> > We are getting some spam attacks on the cWiki, wonder if we can do > >> > some scanning to detect similar pages, and also remove this nick. > >> > >> On the Moin Wikis, anyone can create a Wiki account, but that does not > >> grant them write access. > >> They then have to apply to the dev list to get added to the > >> ContributorsGroup page. [1] > >> If anyone abuses their permissions (AFAIK that has not happened) the > >> login can easily be removed from the page. > >> > >> on mwiki its similar and still differerent. You dont need an account to > > read, anybody can read without signing in. When they create an account > the > > get automatic write permission. > > > > Unless I'm missing something it looks like this spam was on the CWiki. > > Do we have any options there? > I already remove the page, but I think an admin should be auditing the last changes on cwiki for the past few days. And someone with rights could either decide to remove or quarentine the user. > > -Rob > > > > > I and earlier admins have made 2 suggestions to avoid spam: > > 1) Write access is not active until x days after creation (typically 4) > > 2) Write access is not given before approved by an mwiki-admin. > > > > Both suggestions were deemed "negative user experience", so the original > > system remains. > > > > jza@: any mwiki admin can block the nich, but you cannot remove a nick > that > > has made comments/pages. > > > > rgds > > jan I. > > > > > > > >> [1] > >> > http://wiki.apache.org/general/OurWikiFarm#per_wiki_access_control_-_tighten_your_wiki_just_a_little.2C_benefit_just_a_lot > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> > From: "lily regland (Confluence)" <conflue...@apache.org> > >> > Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 06:08:00 +0000 (UTC) > >> > >> Please don't forward spam unless it is essential to the reply, and > >> then remove as much as possible first. > >> Thanks! > >> > >> <snipped spam> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >> > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://www.openoffice.org
