Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the heads up. I've locked the pages as you suggest and also
blocked the IPs although that doesn't seem to stop the machines for
too long...
We like the nature of wiki too and I'll have a chat with dave about
how we can stop this happening more.
cheers,
dan
On 21/02/2009, at 6:33 AM, Jeff Sandys wrote:
Dave,
Please consider password protecting some pages on the Pawfal wiki
site.
Malware spammers are using your site. The links they add are to pages
that attempt to install software. The four pages that should be
locked
are:
FluxusContext
astroidsgames
fluxusdocscheme
computergames
I love the openness and anarchy of wikis but I really dislike that
criminals take advantage of the open environment. I have deleted the
malware links up to four times a day and have informed the server
owner
of the malware.
A simple solution we use on our MoinMoin wiki (http://www.seapig.org)
is to ask the user a simple question in order to save a page. This
is a feature you might consider for Pawfaliki.
Thanks,
Jeff Sandys
