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... > If anyone is interested to work on it, I would be grateful, and see > what can done about arranging appropriate access. > > 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/ ## > ## ## > ################################################################ > > > -- Ron Savage http://savage.net.au/ Ph: 0421 920 622 ##### 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/ ## ## ## ################################################################