[kwlug disc.] Compromised website?

[Ken Burtch]

On Sat, 2007-02-24 at 13:29 -0500, Sy Ali wrote:
> On 2/24/07, Ken Burtch <kburtch at istop.com> wrote:
> > spam blogging can be reduced (but not eliminated) by adding common spam
> > words to a forum's cuss-word filter.  e.g.
> 
> If possible, spam can be eliminated much better with something like
> bad behavior:
> 
> http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/

Ah, well, always something new to learn.  After thinking about this
thread, I went in and hacked the Perl code for my forum and added a
challenge password for posting.  I'll see how it works...maybe I can
throw out all those spam words in the cuss filter, including "etc.".

Ken B.

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