[pmwiki-users] unbelievable: wikispam despite of password protection?

Nils Knappmeier nk at knappi.org
Sat Feb 12 14:24:54 CST 2005


Patrick Ogay wrote:

> I detected a SPAM entry on www.blug.ch from: Date: Feb. 8  2005
> http://www.blug.ch/wiki?n=Blug.UeberUns?action=diff
> The site *is* edit-protected with the nosecret  password  blug.
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> i d e a:
> <http://dict.leo.org/se?lp=ende&p=/Mn4k.&search=time>isn't it possible 
> to check the residence time,  so it might be possible to recognize the 
> behavior of a bot.

OK, you wrote the password directly into the page. Maybe an image would 
do better. Something captcha-like. I'd write the password into the nice 
penguin on the page maybe.
and take a password that isn't so easy guessable.

Just some thoughts...
   Nils



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