[pmwiki-users] Blocklist2 too strict?

[Radu]

At 01:45 PM 7/22/2005, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
>I haven't looked closely at the blocklist2.php recipe, but in general
>this question ends up being a fairly difficult choice.  If we don't
>block on entire words, then "cialis" will inadvertently block "specialist".
>If we do block on entire words, then it becomes pretty easy for someone to
>write things like "_cialis_" or "cialiss" to get around the block.

... or cial1s. This is one of those points where blocks become 
bothersome, because automatic, data-based text filtering is so 
limited, and really good text analysis tools have a high overhead, 
thus are not suited for cgi (or email-filter) processing.

I'm happy the blocklist code is in a recipe :) I prefer to limit 
who's editing and trust them, rather than censor what they're writing.


Cheers,
Radu
(www.monicsoft.net)