From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/81533 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Arthur Reutenauer Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: [wiki] fake account spam Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 15:09:11 +0100 Message-ID: <20130405140911.GE30322@phare.normalesup.org> References: <20130405134301.GA4807@phlegethon> Reply-To: Mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1365271882 2967 80.91.229.3 (6 Apr 2013 18:11:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 18:11:22 +0000 (UTC) To: Mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Apr 06 20:11:23 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UOWaB-0005pP-5b for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:07:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8023101F7; Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:09:21 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id f-UorR0Itjo1; Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:09:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C50DA101E8; Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:09:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DEEC101E7 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:09:18 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id cLhzqt1ro4Oa for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:09:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter1-til.mf.surf.net (filter1-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.217]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B288101E8 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:09:13 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from nef2.ens.fr (nef2.ens.fr [129.199.96.40]) by filter1-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id r35E9CQL010003 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:09:12 +0200 Original-Received: from phare.normalesup.org (phare.normalesup.org [129.199.129.80]) by nef2.ens.fr (8.13.6/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id r35E9BNS040644 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:09:12 +0200 (CEST) X-Envelope-To: Original-Received: by phare.normalesup.org (Postfix, from userid 1008) id DBD1611801A; Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:09:11 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.1.4 (nef2.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]); Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:09:12 +0200 (CEST) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0883 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=129.199.96.40; country=FR; region=A8; city=Villebon-sur-yvette; latitude=48.7059; longitude=2.2402; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=48.7059,2.2402&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0RJke9ccu - 8fb9066d8be4 - 20130405 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.217 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:81533 Archived-At: > 3.) Install something like > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount and/or maybe > use both captcha and some context-specific question Adding an actual captcha seems like the way to go; it may not prevent all automated account creations, but it clearly filters much better than a static list of questions with plain-text answers. Arthur ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________