Re: [boost] Boost-Wiki: Hacked...

From: Jeremy Maitin-Shepard (jbms_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-07 12:53:22

"Jeff Garland" <jeff_at_[hidden]> writes:

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> I'll take care of it.  I have backups of the entire site.  I've banned the IP
> and will also be banning the particular link content so they can't spam
> anymore.  I didn't check, but I suspect the machine is a zombie since there
> are actually multiple ips involved in the attack.  Some of the Wiki spammers
> have many machines to use b/c Wiki's have had IP banning for ages. 

How about requiring posters pass a CAPTCHA for each post to the wiki?

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Jeremy Maitin-Shepard