What exactly is on your AddComments page? I am assuming it is some sort of form, correct? If so, one of the fastest ways to stop bot submissions is a good ole captcha. While not 100% perfect, it does hose most of the simpler bots. CF8 has it built in, but if not there are several options out there.
http://www.compoundtheory.com/?action=captcha.index Another trick is to set a cookie on the browser and then verify it's existence in the submission of the form. If it doesn't exist, then the form doesn't go through. One more, a hidden form field with a UUID in it, change the UUID for every request and store the UUID in a client, session or cookie during the load of the form, then check for the existence of the field and value and compare it to the one in the session/client/cookie. =] On Nov 14, 2007 2:21 PM, Mike Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi guys, > > it appears my addcomments.cfm page has become indexed in google. usually this > page is only accessed when a user goes clicks a link from the articles.cfm > page. > > so... because of the endless spam we are currently getting, i am assuming the > spambots are going directly to the addcomment page? > > now, i had an idea - what if on the addcomment page, i test that the user has > come from the articles page using CGI.HTTP_referrer?? > > (i have also now added the addcomment.cfm page to my robots page and used the > google remove url tool). > > any thoughts would be appreciated. > > mike > > ps. we use the cffromprotect tool and it works brilliantly. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:293331 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
