From: Patrick May <patrick@...>
Date: 2004-09-29T08:14:42+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyGarden Spam

Hello,

On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, at 12:39  AM, David Ross wrote:

> You should create a way to generate images with text
> verification. This would eliminate spam.

The only way to stop wiki spam is to have a dedicated admin.  
Creativity helps reduce the time burden, but it is a constant endeavor.

A tarpit would be easier to implement than a captcha.  In the usemod 
settings, you use NetAddr::IP to check if the env's Remote Addr is 
within a known spammer domain.  If it is a spammer, set the pages 
database to a copy.  Nightly / weekly / whatever, dump the latest pages 
directory on top of the tarpit.

There goes one of my points for my presentation :-)

The main resource in fighting spammers is time.  You want to waste 
their time, let them think that things are working.

Cheers,

Patrick