Thank you Chris for that link, I had a terrible spam problem when I started my farm, not so much anymore (I believe an abuse filter a developer friend created coupled with range blocks seems to be catching them now). I'm going to re-config ConfirmEdit to the suggested on that page, it just seems to be a good set even if you're not having any problems.
*Mlpearc* Founder Everything Food & Drink.org everythingfoodanddrink.org <http://www.everythingfoodanddrink.org/w/index.php/Main_Page> On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Chris Tharp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I recommend making your captcha questions dynamic. Best answer I ever > found for spam on Mediawiki: > http://thingelstad.com/stopping-mediawiki-spam-with-dynamic-questy-captchas/#more-154561559 > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 15, 2014, at 10:22 AM, Shirley Hicks <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Good afternoon everyone, > > > > I finished upgrading our mediawiki wiki.redmountainmakers.org to 1.22.6 > last weekend. > > Due to some family issues, ended up accessing my ISP to run maintenance > scripts from the command line over an airport network enroute to another > city. > > This may have been the source of the hacking problem, as due to some > problems establishing a secure connection, I transmitted a password in the > clear to my ISP. > > > > Checked back in on the wiki last week to find around 1300 new spammy > users. > > > > Have locked down the wiki, blocking new account creation, enabled a > captcha, and have restricted administrator's priviledges to create new > accounts. > > But the new accounts keep on coming. > > > > Spam blacklist is enabled. > > Sysops have been blocked from creating accounts, as have all ordinary > users. > > I've changed the critical passwords. > > > > Recommendations as to other settings I should be checking? > > > > -- Shirley Hicks > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
