Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Melchior FRANZ wrote: > >> Looks like our wiki is the target of a pr0n spam bot. It obviously >> uses zombies, and there's no reasonable way to block it other than with >> making logging in mandatory. Blocking IP addresses is pointless and >> will lead nowhere. I don't even consider mandatory login a bad thing -- >> why would we want anonymous people to edit FlightGear content? These >> pages are very visible to the public, and content found there is linked >> to the project. (BTW: I also find it undesirable that people use nicks >> in the Wiki. I prefer to see who edited what, and being able to contact >> him/her via email. How would I contact "FlightZilla"?) >> >> > > I agree with Melchior here. In today's internet environment, things > have to be password protected or they will quickly be abused. I don't > know what is involved in creating accounts for people on the wiki, but > that is definitely something that should be done. I don't mind "nicks" > so much, but somehow we need to be able to trace back to a real person > or real email address. We should make it relatively easy for people to > get write access to the wiki though. I assume Simon is reading this > email, but I'll also ask him about this directly, since I've been > working with him to setup a mirror site for the wiki so all our > documentation eggs are not in one basket. > > Curt. > >
I figured the spam bots would get us eventually... I've disabled anonymous edits and will add a captcha to the account creation process. I'll also look into blacklists and edit captchas if it continues to be a problem. For what it's worth, I don't like disabling anonymous edits but reverting is starting to take a considerable amount of time and it's just not worth the few anon edits we have received. Also, while I know blocking is pointless, some bots will repeatedly spam until you block them. I'll update my hellosimon talk page as I change and update the wiki. Simon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
