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Index of pages filed with the "Spam" tag (listing records 1 to 8 of 8):
- Project Honey Pot
(Date: Thu 18-Aug-2005 | Comments: 2 | Permalink)
One of the most rewarding emails I've had for a while:Regardless of how the rest of your day goes, here's something to be happy about -- today a honey pot you installed successfully identified a previously unknown email harvester (IP: 172.180.238.186) ... (continue reading) - ModSecurity: Web Server Defences
(Date: Tue 1-Feb-2005 | Comments: 10 | Permalink)
I can't believe I've been ignorant of this module until today. ModSecurity is an open source intrusion detection and prevention engine for web applications. Operating as an Apache web-server module, the purpose of ModSecurity is to increase web application ... (continue reading) - The End of the Line for Comment Spam?
(Date: Thu 20-Jan-2005 | Comments: 4 | Permalink)
I'm really pleased to see Google et al get behind the rel="nofollow" attribute as was recently announced, but I doubt that even widespread deployment will end the comment spam problem. Removing the benefits of inbound links from web-pages with high PageRank ... (continue reading) - 404 Spam
(Date: Thu 9-Dec-2004 | Comments: 1 | Permalink)
You've got to hand it to the spammers, they'll try anything to advertise their wares. Not content with flooding our inboxes and comment pages as well as polluting our referrer logs, they've now added another weapon to their arsenal - 404 spam. My 404 ... (continue reading) - Blocking the Referrer Spammer
(Date: Mon 15-Nov-2004 | Comments: 13 | Permalink)
I have mostly passed under the radar of the Referrer Spammers, but my invisibility spell has gradually depleted. This past weekend (13-14 Nov, 2004) my access logs recorded 187 hits from referrer spammers. I'll admit that 187 hits isn't a lot, but I usually ... (continue reading) - Defending Against Comment Spam
(Date: Tue 23-Mar-2004 | Comments: 27 | Permalink)
One of the problems with running a website that allows users to post content (whether "comments", forum posts or even just a "contact us" form) is that the systems that provide the interactivity are also a channel that spammers can use to pass on their ... (continue reading) - No More Spam!
(Date: Tue 16-Mar-2004 | Comments: 11 | Permalink)
Anyone who has had an Internet account for longer than 0.00004 nanoseconds will be familiar with spam: Pre-approval for a $10,000 platinum credit card; the world's biggest online casino; the X10 camera; Viagra; penis enlargement; bulk cigarettes; mortgages ... (continue reading) - This Server is not a Spam Relay!
(Date: Wed 11-Feb-2004 | Comments: 11 | Permalink)
An open message to spammers everywhere ... (continue reading)
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