On Apr 15, 2008, at 2:26 PM, marius schebella wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Quoting "SourceForge.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the >>> comment thread, >>> including the initial issue submission, for this request, >>> not just the latest update. >>> Category: pdpedia >>>> Status: Closed >>>> Resolution: Invalid >>> Submitted By: oli44 (oli44) >>> Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) >>> Summary: pdpedia Captcha >>> >>> >>> Any admin can easily delete those junk posts with the 'delete' >>> tab and >>> also protect problem pages. A captcha might help, I haven't seen >>> one for >>> mediawiki before. >> >> a captcha will help in about 97% probably even more (this is just a >> wild guess) >> >>> Check the "recent changes" log now, and you'll see the spam is >>> gone. :) >> >> hmm, your approach seems to deal with the problem but does nothing to >> prevent it. >> what will happen when the next attack starts? >> will we just have to wait for "any admin" to "easily delete those >> junk >> posts" again? >> >> as far as i recall, when pdpedia was installed there was some >> consensus about using captchas when a spamming problem would appear. >> are there any technical or organisatorial problems in using them? >> (it seems like you have some reasons against using captchas, but you >> haven't told us yet) > > I think we even agreed that in a case when sites get spammed, that > only > registered users were allowed to edit pages. I still would recommend > that, I think then we don't need captchas. > marius.
Spambots can easily register themselves and post, it happens a lot. Then you have to deal with managing spam users. When spambots can post anonymously, then it is easy to manage the removal of it. Managing spam users would be a lot more work. .hc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Man has survived hitherto because he was too ignorant to know how to realize his wishes. Now that he can realize them, he must either change them, or perish. -William Carlos Williams _______________________________________________ PD-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
