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Just a random fact. Over 3,000 spambot registration attempts have been stopped today....

It's scary to see them coming like this, but I'm really glad that not a single one of them got past the security measures we put in place =) Of course nothing lasts forever, spambots keep getting better, so I have to keep up to date as well.
 
chaos said:
Just a random fact. Over 3,000 spambot registration attempts have been stopped today...
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:eek: It's high time spamming was made a worldwide criminal offence, carrying a penalty of having your thumbs and index fingers cut off.
 
Lol - I'm happy if you buy me a pint if we ever meet =)

Ayase - another 2k today....
I used a trick I've learned on another site there. Just renamed the phpBB page for registrations and now spambots can't automatically sign on. It may need a little more work later, to actually go and block their IP's after X attempts, but at least now the damage they can produce is significantly reduced.
 
chaos said:
Just a random fact. Over 3,000 spambot registration attempts have been stopped today....

It's scary to see them coming like this, but I'm really glad that not a single one of them got past the security measures we put in place =) Of course nothing lasts forever, spambots keep getting better, so I have to keep up to date as well.
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Too bad we can't give spambots a good hiding!
 
To see the forums display "Today / yesterday / etc... " I'll check if I can change this across the board later.

User control panel -> Board Preferences -> My date format - choose an option that says "less than a minute ago…."
 
chaos said:
Just a random fact. Over 3,000 spambot registration attempts have been stopped today....

It's scary to see them coming like this, but I'm really glad that not a single one of them got past the security measures we put in place =) Of course nothing lasts forever, spambots keep getting better, so I have to keep up to date as well.
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So knowing this are you going to keep the Temp forum parked with a full tank in case yet another "attack" happens? (Missing all thoses extra smileys already.)
 
Mohawk52 said:
So knowing this are you going to keep the Temp forum parked with a full tank in case yet another "attack" happens? (Missing all thoses extra smileys already.)
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Now I have something called "root access", which means I can define the rules of the firewall myself and block these annoying bots! =P
 
Mohawk52 said:
chaos said:
Just a random fact. Over 3,000 spambot registration attempts have been stopped today....

It's scary to see them coming like this, but I'm really glad that not a single one of them got past the security measures we put in place =) Of course nothing lasts forever, spambots keep getting better, so I have to keep up to date as well.
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So knowing this are you going to keep the Temp forum parked with a full tank in case yet another "attack" happens? (Missing all thoses extra smileys already.)
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unless chaos plans to ban me ;)

the temp forum is just a mouse click away
 
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