[kwlug disc.] Compromised website?

[Ken Burtch]

This is called "spam blogging" and is a form of spamdexing
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_in_blogs).  It's a common problem on
forums, wikis and blogs.  I don't know about drupal's features.  The
best way to defeat it is to have a challenge password for posting such
as a word in written in a gif that a human must type to authorize a
post.

spam blogging can be reduced (but not eliminated) by adding common spam
words to a forum's cuss-word filter.  e.g.

4U
acne
adipex
adipren
advicer
amazing
ambian
ambieen
ambiian
advertisement
ambien
allergies
etc.

I can send my filter list for the PegaSoft forum if anyone wants it.

Ken B.


On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 11:56 -0500, R. Brent Clements wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed the comments posted by garbage users
> containing links to porn sites appearing on our forums?  I have
> deleted all but one of them.  I don't know what to do with the rest.
> Richard, or somebody who knows more about drupal needs to take a look.
> 
> Check the http://kwlug.org/node/414 page--the one remaining posting is
> at the bottom.
> 
> Brent
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