Wiki Spam

Benjamin Smith ben at charterworks.net
Mon Feb 14 20:13:58 UTC 2005


For PHP, it can be done easily using a "php auto_prepend" value in httpd.conf 
and a 20-liner php script, effectively wrapping any php-based application 
with some .htaccess style security, while providing a friendly means to 
prompt for signup. 

-Ben 

On Sunday 13 February 2005 04:09, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> 
> On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 09:12, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > I saw it late last night but it is no longer there now.  Personally I
> > hate wiki's the value they bring come with too much openness.  
> 
> Can't the wiki be setup to require a valid email address to which it
> sends a password? Of course such a setup can't completely stop such
> spam, but at least it makes the spammer somewhat traceable.
> 
> By the way, when you notice such spam you all can edit a previous
> revision and put that back. That's what I did last night. The sooner
> this gets done the less attractive it gets for the spammer to return.
> 
> Leonard.
> 
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