[Pmwiki-users] Re: hackers: Another good reason for authentication

[Crisses]

Maybe, but that also won't always work, and it would have to be listed 
on every page, which means it would have a regular habit.

I have someone specifically targeting me (they replied to a warning I 
left on the WikiSandbox)...and I sometimes wonder if people like that 
have lists and communities in which they give each other tips & tricks, 
new target info, etc.  I can change how it's displayed or what the 
password is, and they can reprogram their bots....

Yet another annoyance.

I will consider it though.

LOL....can put it in the header AUTH request so it pops up when people 
try to edit, it will say "try 'editme'" or something.

It wouldn't surprise me if such persons joined lists like this just to 
find out what we're trying to do to stop them, though.  A few recent 
articles on the vulnerabilities of wikis just got us more 
spammers/vandals/hackers.

On Jun 17, 2004, at 3:50 PM, Albi Rebmann wrote:

> Crisses schrieb:
>
>> As much as I dislike having to have passwords to protect every wiki, 
>> a good authentication scheme will prevent the robots from messing 
>> with the wikis.
>
> If you have problems with Spam, just enable password and write the 
> password on the webpage. A human will read ist, but a spambot may not 
> know what it is for.
>
>
> ALBI...
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