Spam

fozzovmurton · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:39 pm

Whats going with spam on the boards, it does my head in

DL5 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:31 pm

fozzovmurton wrote:

Whats going with spam on the boards, it does my head in

egg and chips?

Fatty eats roadkill · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:52 pm

As the father in law said "it's war food!"

Personally I like it in a fritter

Christophano · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:23 pm

We have noticed an increase in spam this week, we're doing our best to get rid of it asap, but we have day jobs.
I've mentioned it to Mikkyx tonight and he's going to install some anti spam measures this weekend.

mikkyx · **Joined:** Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:52 pm **Posts:** 3225

And then they will find a way around THOSE and the arms race will begin anew.

nelson · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:33 am

Personally I like it in a fritter

Spyman · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:49 am

Christophano · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:54 am

Spyman wrote:

LOL!

Now they mock us to our faces!

mikkyx · **Joined:** Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:52 pm **Posts:** 3225

nelson wrote:

Personally I like it in a fritter

THESE BASTARDS ARE THE WORST ONES.

Wait until I get my Akismet plugin installed. YOU'RE GOING DOWN, HORATIO.

lo36789 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:05 am

Of all the jokes etc. on this board the spam bot has made me laugh probably the most of anyone.

fozzovmurton · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:04 pm

lo36789 wrote:

Of all the jokes etc. on this board the spam bot has made me laugh probably the most of anyone.

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fozzovmurton · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:07 pm

Can something like a captcha challenge be put in place in the registration process, I noticed a few sites do this as part of there registration process

liddle_4_ever · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:30 pm

fozzovmurton wrote:

Can something like a captcha challenge be put in place in the registration process, I noticed a few sites do this as part of there registration process

I read that as ciabatta challenge ….. I must have ideas above my station.

mikkyx · **Joined:** Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:52 pm **Posts:** 3225

fozzovmurton wrote:

Can something like a captcha challenge be put in place in the registration process, I noticed a few sites do this as part of there registration process

phpBB has several of these available as part of it's install. All of them have been cracked. Even the Q&A option which asks a question / answer I can set is crackable because the spambots can Google the answers. They're clever.

Christophano · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:45 pm

mikkyx wrote:

fozzovmurton wrote:

Can something like a captcha challenge be put in place in the registration process, I noticed a few sites do this as part of there registration process

phpBB has several of these available as part of it's install. All of them have been cracked. Even the Q&A option which asks a question / answer I can set is crackable because the spambots can Google the answers. They're clever.

They're devious, the swine.

liddle_4_ever · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:39 pm

Bit random though but how about….

Put a link to a youtube video which contains only one random word, this word is like a password. The question can be “what is the word in this video : www.youtube.com/xyz123.etc.”
Then they simply input the word as an answer and get access.

Would the spam bots be able to get around that?

[If this works I want the intellectual property rights but grant the use to Uncovered

]

lo36789 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:32 pm

Mikky are you sure it is bots googling answers to crack the captchas?

I have a suspicion, what are the chances that members of this board have their PCs as part of bot networks. And thus all attempts to restrict entry if futile as they are getting the answers to website captha's and questions relayed continuously.

DarloOnTheUp · **Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:17 pm

mikkyx wrote:

fozzovmurton wrote:

Can something like a captcha challenge be put in place in the registration process, I noticed a few sites do this as part of there registration process

phpBB has several of these available as part of it's install. All of them have been cracked. Even the Q&A option which asks a question / answer I can set is crackable because the spambots can Google the answers. They're clever.

fat tony · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:04 am

I'd like to report lo1234 as being an advanced spambot. I've suspected this for a while, and now think the posts in this thread admitting to finding fellow spambots funny and demonstrable knowledge of spambot networks are the smoking gun.

lo36789 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:36 am

don't know a) if this will work or b) how easy this would be to set up...

To authorise an account when first set up. What if there were two seperate e-mails sent which contain two seperate parts of a password - each part could be generated from a list of ex darlo players maybe - or an auto generated mixture of letters & numbers.

when an individual first logs in their first password will be a concatenation of the 2 individual password which are sent - and they can change it after their first log in.

don't know if a bot would be clever enough to read both emails and push the passwords together?

Hilly · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:46 am

lo36789 wrote:

don't know a) if this will work or b) how easy this would be to set up...

To authorise an account when first set up. What if there were two seperate e-mails sent which contain two seperate parts of a password - each part could be generated from a list of ex darlo players maybe - or an auto generated mixture of letters & numbers.

when an individual first logs in their first password will be a concatenation of the 2 individual password which are sent - and they can change it after their first log in.

don't know if a bot would be clever enough to read both emails and push the passwords together?

As much as I admire your ideas, im sure the guys will just be looking for an 'off the shelf' solution rather than building a velociraptor safe one like you're suggesting.

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lo36789 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:51 am

problem is off the shelf can cost money, and will get broken eventually - the more people using a solution, the more tempting it is to create a way to break it...

Christophano · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:55 am

lo36789 wrote:

problem is off the shelf can cost money, and will get broken eventually - the more people using a solution, the more tempting it is to create a way to break it...

Erm, an off the shelf solution in this instance will almost certainly be open source. A bespoke solution like you're suggesting, even if we code it yourself, won't be "free".
It is an interesting idea, but I have a hunch its complexity would turn away as many fans (some of whom aren't especially computer literate) as spam bots.

liddle_4_ever · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:42 pm

Could my idea above work?

I think it could be simple (to set up and use) and cheap.

Bogratsteve · **Posted:** Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:33 am

rs4playniuwa wrote:

The building Lord really invincible, thought very have routines.

<mod>I'll just remove these links</mod>

Preiceless getting spam on an anti spam thread :lol:

Christophano · **Posted:** Wed Jul 18, 2012 5:57 pm

Bogratsteve wrote:

rs4playniuwa wrote:

The building Lord really invincible, thought very have routines.

<mod>I'll just remove these links</mod>

Preiceless getting spam on an anti spam thread :lol:

They seem drawn to this thread for some reason, it's by far their most popular target!

Bogratsteve · **Posted:** Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:29 pm

would help if I could spell today!!!

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