On 24.01.2013 16:28, Radomir Dopieralski wrote: > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 3:13 PM, M.-A. Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> wrote: >> We're currently working on setting up the new VM with the >> Python and Jython wikis. >> >> In order to increase security and also to help a bit with >> avoiding spam/vandalism, we'd like to disable editing >> of wiki pages without login. >> >> Any objections ? > > I don't really have any objections, but it may interest you that the > last few spammer attacks on the wiki all registered random accounts > automatically and logged in before posting their spam.
I know it's not the ultimate tool against spammers :-) We were thinking more about things like the attacks by script kiddies we've seen after the Debian announcement. I would think that having to log in before being able to run the action would have made people think twice. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Jan 24 2013) >>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ pydotorg-www mailing list pydotorg-www@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www
