-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 5/23/13 9:22 AM, Kevin Smith wrote: > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Alex Hanselka <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Do you guys have any tips for spam registrations for open >> servers? I'm running one that eventually I'll add back to the >> list on xmpp.net but before I do I wanted some tips on this :) > > The best advice I can give is not to allow unprotected (i.e. > without a captcha or similar) inband registration, as people use > scripts to autoregister accounts across many servers using IBR. If > you require registration through a web page with captchas etc. then > at least a spammer has to target your server specifically, rather > than being able to use the same techniques across many servers.
Good point, Kev. The more we can do to raise the bar, the better off we'll be. But as I like to say, perfection is not an option. Peter - -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.19 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRnjSpAAoJEOoGpJErxa2pzLkQAJyPzsrekmHKGUQKcfjM6iug nixBp3gXKUOQcOr74BCQZKfpyTZxHfePvGN+E/yVazhiNhBGJ+VvqdRG5SzTdpHV 3pQHvUzyuDvMk4aVUAArgNbzxDKlQiR+JSCT+Z6oo3moTB3DqG5u8bYQYg891oeO Y5c/rvseC6ljqqnVsD+vik1Tf6kdPXtY6mSIJw06m0K59/DbjxcjAq3HzKI46bub DkSVtmGWJFqY7VyrWNqJF4aUYIWCeJ9GpfA2S44Zqbt/Bbh2v6VTN+/lRrcwjqk+ apcH7posyC215oNzBcnB6eM4Noo9C2qb4GxbJ9mbSc3nKBER4AF1NBtglyzQDLF5 s3vRv42v2qI1OnwNgO6dys2EW5+SlhzIGhDViR3ZqXYwho4qfKb60VzECDpCSzt+ tneUr40CWsamUBODSLfH0d/V9wYYiLw6yoarj/gy9BCrqZ98TG5hxQeB3Zc9OppO d1wEJQ5nq6RoSognZ1zovzk7z+YGr5YCfbAs8xeNuOqNkiETViRMgkjLM7h8S6NF dSBwWh47arY/Eu7LPaW/CxdfCmOAUSISViAqdJ0WjUT3yYqCWsSL9mcTkmp6DAWV hD9bfeJkVA+Erk10TdE+yvVTCobLagSFTQQQQtiU6a8nJcVMwBuyybiAy8t2/Jc+ GonCWSLNGs4j1K/IIMM3 =hhk1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
