[kwlug disc.] Compromised website?

[Unsolicited]

This would be why:
Richard Weait wrote, On 2/15/2007 10:34 AM:
 > I've disabled all comments on the kwlug web site for now.  They'll
 > be back in a month or so.  I did this for two reasons.  Too many
 > comment spammers, and comment security exploits in the wild.
 >
 > Thanks.

I know I cleared all such that I could find somewhere between 2 and 4 
weeks before this post.

Richard did express concern about this issue when he enabled comments 
in the first place, not too many months ago. I have absolutely no 
doubt he is aware of the problem, has looked at how it might be 
solved, and if I remember correctly, concluded that it can't be, 
eliminated completely (spammers figure out how to circumvent things) 
and had not yet found a satisfactory answer as to how to minimize the 
problem to as great extent as possible / in the current CMS/Drupal.

I was surprised with his post (above), but have no doubt he was 
reluctantly driven to the move.

He hopes for bigger and better things in the future with a revised web 
  site [Drupal 2?], but hasn't gotten that far yet. [Personally, I'm 
very grateful for whatever we have to date, and kudos to anyone who 
takes their personal time to try to help the community.]

Disclaimer: I do not speak for or on behalf of Richard, these are my 
personal opinions and perceptions only.


R. Brent Clements wrote, On 2/24/2007 11:56 AM:
> 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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