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SEX & Money Robots ahead! Please Eliminate!!!!!
Posted: 19.02.2005, 20:52
by t00fri
Could someone PLEASE eliminate these new robot users. Their websites all point to porn stuff, some dangerous SEX-medicines
or supercheap money resources ...
Here are the registered names during the last few days:
...
all252
krabtest364
all731
krabtest087
Zhenya
flowergirl18
hydroff
serova_I
veronika_sv17
bill_med22
Dartes89
viola_sexy
brooos_v
Metak
1serega_nah
ratenet_black
nadin_22
sv_vvrs
alex_my
RussoEnt
aagul
mauserkz
afef
idinaahuy
ababari
monstrilko
casino5654
aagaf
aamenor
Coolguy1 <== incest porn, how about this??
Bye Fridger
Posted: 20.02.2005, 16:43
by t00fri
Chris,
these 'Bot's' are registering at a rate of 1-5 /day! If nothing happens, we are soon becoming a minority...
I keep updating the list of 'Bot registrations' above.
Bye Fridger
Posted: 20.02.2005, 17:26
by Harry
Maybe they are only registering so google can find their links in the memberlist.
Anyway, phpBB does support "Visual Confirmation", i.e. the user has to enter a code displayed as an image to register. It can quickly be enabled in the normal phpBB configuration (General Admin->Configuration->Enable Visual Confirmation), however I had to find out that this option only appears if the style used by the admin supports this - so the admin (i.e. Chris) may have to switch to subSilver style (the default phpBB style), do the change, and can then change back to whatever style he prefers afterwards.
This should help to reduce the number of bots considerably, if not completely.
Chris, what do you think?
Harald
Posted: 20.02.2005, 18:00
by Harry
Arg, I just noted a small but important detail - this has only become a standard feature starting with phpBB 2.0.11 (the current version), while shatters.net apparently still uses 2.0 (with security fixes).
Harald
Posted: 20.02.2005, 20:06
by Angry Space Goat
In this case, wouldn't an upgrade be ideal?
Blacklists
Posted: 20.02.2005, 21:40
by andersa
Does phpBB support blacklisting of clients based on their IP address? If so, there ought to be some public (DNS-based) blacklist that could be employed (perhaps in addition to other measures), similar to MAPS RBL and other lists used to protect e-mail servers.
Posted: 21.02.2005, 05:25
by Michael Kilderry
Harry wrote:Arg, I just noted a small but important detail - this has only become a standard feature starting with phpBB 2.0.11 (the current version), while shatters.net apparently still uses 2.0 (with security fixes).
Harald
My forum has the latest phpBB, although I have never noticed this anywhere. Since my forum runs on phpBBserver, mine and other forums alike act as guinea pigs and are tested with the latest features for phpBB, it's fun trying them out.
Michael Kilderry
Posted: 21.02.2005, 05:42
by symaski62
Solaris phpBB theme/template by Jakob Persson
Copyright ?© Jakob Persson 2003
Powered by phpBB 2 ?© 2001, 2002 phpBB Group
Posted: 22.02.2005, 01:10
by t00fri
Chris,
please.... we have constantly 5 new Bot registrations per day! See how the above list increases...
Bye Fridger
Posted: 22.02.2005, 11:13
by Harry
BTW, phpBB-2.0.12 was released yesterday. There are a few security fixes too, so they recommend to upgrade.
More:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=265423
Harald
Posted: 22.02.2005, 21:30
by t00fri
During the last 3 days 25 new Bots (Sex & medicine) have registered as new 'users'!
Please act NOW.
Bye Fridger
Posted: 23.02.2005, 02:49
by Angry Space Goat
Let's hope they don't start trying to post.
Re: Posting Bots
Posted: 23.02.2005, 09:19
by Michael Kilderry
Or if they do, let's hope they wish to participate in meaningful Celestia discussion, I think that may be asking just a
little too much though.
Michael Kilderry