Comments on: Distributed Comment Spam http://www.mckeay.net/2004/07/28/distributed-comment-spam/ The views of one man on security, privacy and anything else that catches his attention. The views expressed on this blog do not reflect the views of my employer or anyone other than myself. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:45:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Martin http://www.mckeay.net/2004/07/28/distributed-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Martin Mon, 09 Aug 2004 20:49:58 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2004/07/28/distributed-comment-spam/#comment-59 I tried to install mt-blacklist again last week and ran into a problem I couldn't resolve. Everything appears to go into place fine, but the moment I put Blacklist.pl in the Plugins directory, rebuilds on the index pages stop working. I'm using mt-rebuild by Timothy Appnel to renew my site every hour, in order to capture the latest news feeds. Apparently there is some sort of conflict between the two. I've taken several steps to fix the spam problem, or at least limit it's impact. I've closed all entries older than 45 days. I've renamed the mt-comments.cgi script. But I don't seem to be able to get blacklist to work. Oh well. I hope this will work well enough for now. I tried to install mt-blacklist again last week and ran into a problem I couldn’t resolve. Everything appears to go into place fine, but the moment I put Blacklist.pl in the Plugins directory, rebuilds on the index pages stop working. I’m using mt-rebuild by Timothy Appnel to renew my site every hour, in order to capture the latest news feeds. Apparently there is some sort of conflict between the two.

I’ve taken several steps to fix the spam problem, or at least limit it’s impact. I’ve closed all entries older than 45 days. I’ve renamed the mt-comments.cgi script. But I don’t seem to be able to get blacklist to work. Oh well. I hope this will work well enough for now.

]]> By: Rich http://www.mckeay.net/2004/07/28/distributed-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Rich Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:57:09 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2004/07/28/distributed-comment-spam/#comment-58 We use this application http://www.vamsoft.com/orf/orfee_prodspec.asp Works very well. Allows you to block an IP address range. Also has a really easy interface. Spamcop blocks a bunch. Just have to be careful of legit emails and add them to whitelist when people start complaining. We use this application http://www.vamsoft.com/orf/orfee_prodspec.asp

Works very well. Allows you to block an IP address range. Also has a really easy interface. Spamcop blocks a bunch. Just have to be careful of legit emails and add them to whitelist when people start complaining.

]]> By: Martin http://www.mckeay.net/2004/07/28/distributed-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Martin Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:38:42 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2004/07/28/distributed-comment-spam/#comment-57 I took a swipe at mt-blacklist earlier in the year and had some problems, so I just backed out of it. I may try it again this coming weekend. I'm not convinced it would have helped with the recent spate of comment spamming. I took a swipe at mt-blacklist earlier in the year and had some problems, so I just backed out of it. I may try it again this coming weekend. I’m not convinced it would have helped with the recent spate of comment spamming.

]]> By: Axel http://www.mckeay.net/2004/07/28/distributed-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Axel Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:46:25 +0000 http://www.mckeay.net/2004/07/28/distributed-comment-spam/#comment-56 you do have mt-blacklist installed, right? you do have mt-blacklist installed, right?

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