Hi all, Just got back from climbing some volcanoes. I think another approach to this is rather than trying to identify a jerk user like this guy is to try to look at behaviours that are impossible for humans to perform but typical of bots, such as editing more than one page within a minute or so. If we could identify those behaviours and then tag the session as suspect, we could then, rather than simply shutting down access, let the bot run its course but not save anything, so that the bot thinks it's done its job but has in actuality had no effect.
Not sure if that's any help, but there'd be no counter to it unless the jerk was willing to edit a single page every ten minutes or so in some fashion that we couldn't identify as sub-human. Murray ........................................................................... Murray Altheim <murray07 at altheim.com> === = = http://www.altheim.com/murray/ = = === SGML Grease Monkey, Banjo Player, Wantanabe Zen Monk = = = = Boundless wind and moon - the eye within eyes, Inexhaustible heaven and earth - the light beyond light, The willow dark, the flower bright - ten thousand houses, Knock at any door - there's one who will respond. -- The Blue Cliff Record
