Re: Wiki Under Attack

From: Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 04:39:58 +0000
Subject: Re: Wiki Under Attack
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Steph Fox escreveu: > Nice one Jp :) > > I was trying to put something in there to discourage further attacks, > but either it hasn't updated or it's somehow just not working there... > dunno which. Run out of files to test on now, which is a Good Thing :) > > - Steph > LOL! :) Just checked the AllRecentChanges, you can claim the "Wiki Cleaner of the year" award, with over 500 edits! Nice... About the attacks, one of those image thingies would do the trick, no? Like, "type the letters you see in the image" before posting kind of things. Along with that, a nice *BIG* note on the homepage about robots not crawling the wiki could help too. Anyway, was a fun night. I'll just fetch some ice for my sore hand :P -Jp > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steph Fox" <steph@zend.com> > To: "Scott Mattocks" <scott@crisscott.com>; <php-gtk-dev@lists.php.net> > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:34 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP-GTK-DEV] Wiki Under Attack > > >> Is there any way to block access to non-members temporarily? >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Mattocks" <scott@crisscott.com> >> To: <php-gtk-dev@lists.php.net> >> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:19 PM >> Subject: Re: [PHP-GTK-DEV] Wiki Under Attack >> >> >>> Thanks Steph. >>> >>> The pages can be deleted manually by making the word "delete" the >>> only text on the page, but obviously that is going to take a very >>> long time. If anyone can clean this up more quicly (someone with >>> access to the file system maybe?) that would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Scott >>> >>> Steph Fox wrote: >>> >>>> It needs an administrator to delete the fake pages... >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Mattocks" >>>> <scott@crisscott.com> >>>> To: <php-gtk-dev@lists.php.net> >>>> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:58 PM >>>> Subject: [PHP-GTK-DEV] Wiki Under Attack >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> The gtk.php.net wiki is currently under attack by a really anoying >>>>> bot. Unfortunately I can't stop it right now. If someone has a way >>>>> to stop this bot, please do so. It looks like it is feeding off of >>>>> itself, inadvertantly creating links and then posting on those >>>>> pages and creating more links. Also if anyone knows of good way to >>>>> clean up the wiki please let me know. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Scott Mattocks >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PHP-GTK Development Mailing List (http://gtk.php.net/) >>>>> To unsubscribe, visit: >>>>> http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> __________ NOD32 1.1357 (20060109) Information __________ >>>>> >>>>> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>>>> http://www.eset.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PHP-GTK Development Mailing List (http://gtk.php.net/) >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> >>> >>> __________ NOD32 1.1357 (20060109) Information __________ >>> >>> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> >> >> -- >> PHP-GTK Development Mailing List (http://gtk.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> >> __________ NOD32 1.1357 (20060109) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >

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