One of the reasons for the OpenPBX.org project was to lower the barriers to
entry for participation.  I guess that adds additional frustration to this
issue.

-Nate

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Swarbrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 5:15 PM
> To: OpenPBX.org Developers Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Openpbx-dev] Trac spam
> 
> 
> Nathan Hawkins wrote:
> > Can we require a valid email address and a verification 
> through email 
> > before we enable a username/password?
> > 
> > Something like subscribing to a mailing list?
> > 
> 
> Trac permissions are set independently to Apache "htpasswd" 
> users, but 
> if the username matches up, permission is granted. Just take 
> away Trac 
> permission for "Anonymous" to open tickets or edit pages, and it then 
> forces somebody to have successfully logged in via HTTP basic auth.
> 
> It means somebody will have to maintain the htpasswd file, or maybe 
> implement an automated signup procedure (with a captcha). I 
> don't think 
> the spambots will brute force a valid Apache username/password.
> 
> Look at how FreeSWITCH do it - you can't even access Trac without a 
> username. Maybe a little bit extreme, but it is possible to configure 
> Trac to offer read-only access to unauthenticated users. 
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