Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 05:15:33 +0200 From: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@FreeBSD.org> To: "Adam Weinberger" <adamw@FreeBSD.org>, "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org>, <developers@FreeBSD.org>, <www@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: send-pr again Message-ID: <006901c286d5$24e2e200$d3d7cdd4@LocalHost> References: <20021107204243.GA22068@rot13.obsecurity.org> <3915.1036701991@critter.freebsd.dk> <20021107221810.GE35297@vectors.cx>
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"Adam Weinberger" <adamw@FreeBSD.org> wrote: : >> (11.07.2002 @ 1246 PST): Poul-Henning Kamp said, in 0.9K: << : > In message <20021107204243.GA22068@rot13.obsecurity.org>, Kris = Kennaway writes: : > >On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 12:29:27PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: : > >> I disabled send-pr.html again because of another troll. This is : > >> getting monotonous. : > > : > >Two possible strategies to mitigate this: : > > : > >1) Rate-limit PRs submitted via the web from the same IP address = (say : > >one per 5 minutes). This will force a spammer to keep shifting : > >proxies. : > > : > >2) Probe for an open proxy on the submitting host before accepting = the : > >PR (similar to what modern ircd servers do). : >=20 : > 3) Stop putting submitted PR's directly into the database, instead = forward : > them to a mailbox which the bugbusters sort through ? : >> end of "Re: send-pr again" from Poul-Henning Kamp << :=20 : 4) Don't accept PRs that are the same as another open PR. That's a lot harder to write. What PHK suggests is effectively moderation. We might have to start moderating the PRs that are submitted through the Web interface, since it looks a lot easier to handle and will most certainly stop spammers quickly enough. Anyone interested in attempting a go at making the moderation work? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-www" in the body of the message
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