Re: Trackback SPAM

Here's what I propose (2 possible solutions). 1. We could write a bayes algorithm[1] class that would check the trackback and refuse them if they seem too suspicious, which could make some certain trackback refused but most would, I believe, be correctly filtered. 2. check if stristr pear and the package name. Sounds a bit hardcore but that would stop, I'd stay what.. 50-60% of the attacks. Thanks, 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayes'_theorem -- David Coallier, PHP Developer, Agora Production (http://agoraproduction.com) Lorenzo Alberton wrote:

Hi, I'm receiving a lot of SPAM Trackbacks similar to this one: ================================================ Dear maintainer, A new trackback has been discovered for the package translation2:

Weblog:     Custom Cigar Humidor
Title:      Custom Cigar Humidor
URL:        http://www.the-******-humidor.com
Date:       2006-01-26 17:25 UTC

Excerpt: Custom Cigar Humidor ================================================ Usually these entries have the same value for the "Weblog", "Title" and "Excerpt" fields. Am i supposed to delete them and wait for the next one, or can I report them to someone? Is there a blocklist we can control (adding new entries) via CVS or something? TIA Best regards,