From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/81525 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philipp Gesang Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: [wiki] fake account spam Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:53:15 +0200 Message-ID: <20130406145315.GA7808@phlegethon> References: <20130405134301.GA4807@phlegethon> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1517434652==" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1365269964 3985 80.91.229.3 (6 Apr 2013 17:39:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 17:39:24 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Apr 06 19:39:25 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 1UOWoh-0002un-6x for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:22:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B155C10207; Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:54:32 +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 u2KIOsM-PN3G; Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:54:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D1B9101E7; Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:54:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A852C101E7 for ; Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:54:29 +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 Cq8cNCP+YQaE for ; Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:54:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter5-til.mf.surf.net (filter5-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.221]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49F80101E3 for ; Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:54:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (relay2.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.210.211]) by filter5-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id r36EsQ9m031499 for ; Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:54:26 +0200 Original-Received: from ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (cyrus-portal.urz.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.176]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id r36EsPoB016704 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:54:26 +0200 Original-Received: from extmail.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (extmail.urz.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.140]) by ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id r36EsO31012274 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:54:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (p50846E03.dip.t-dialin.net [80.132.110.3]) (authenticated bits=0) by extmail.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id r36ErGYn019689 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:53:17 +0200 Mail-Followup-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: Linux phlegethon 3.7.9-2-ARCH User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=129.206.210.211; country=DE; region=01; city=Heidelberg; latitude=49.4167; longitude=8.7000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=49.4167,8.7000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0WJkCSqHQ - 7a70cdb8f31a - 20130406 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.221 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:81525 Archived-At: --===============1517434652== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o" Content-Disposition: inline --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =C2=B7=C2=B7=C2=B7=C2=B7=C2=B7=C2=B7=C2=B7=C2=B7=C2=B7 > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Philipp Gesang wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I=E2=80=99d like to draw your attention to the wiki. The spammers appear > > to know the solution to the current entry barrier =E2=80=9CWhat is > > usually the last command in a ConTeXt source file (without the > > backslash)?=E2=80=9D, and the number of fake accounts is growing fast: > > > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Special:Log/newusers > > > > They don=E2=80=99t, however, seem to vandalize yet, so I guess the post= al > > code of Hasselt is unbreakable with today=E2=80=99s technology ;-) I spoke too soon (or maybe those guys read the list and view this discussion as a challenge?): http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Special:Contributions/TrenaLege > > Nevertheless the account spam is messing up the recent changes > > feed: > > > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/index.php?title=3DSpecial:RecentChanges= &feed=3Drss > > > > Even if it=E2=80=99s not urgent, may I suggest we collect possible > > replacements for the current question? I can=E2=80=99t image the damage > > those accounts would do once they figure out how to post links. >=20 > It would probably be best to: >=20 > 1.) Remove all those account (attention: some users are actually > legitimate and contributed valid content). >=20 > 2.) Find out if there is any problematic IP and block those IPs. Careful as their IPs could be spoofed, you might end up blocking innocent users. > 3.) Install something like > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount and/or maybe > use both captcha and some context-specific question (honestly: if > users don't know how to answer some slightly more tricky question, > they shouldn't be able to get the account). We could use questions > like "Last name of president of ConTeXt User Group." This could discourage people from fixing trivial stuff like misspellings. Maybe add a note that they should drop a mail to the list if they don=E2=80=99t know the answer. 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