From: Chad Fowler <chadfowler@...>
Date: 2004-10-06T20:58:28+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyGarden Spam

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 11:53:55 +0900, Patrick May <patrick@hexane.org> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, at 07:14  PM, Patrick May wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I threw together tarpit logic for usemod:
> 
> # == Configuration ====================================
> use NetAddr::IP;
> use vars qw( $TarpitDir $VandalFile );
> 
> $DataDir     = "/tmp/mywikidb"; # Main wiki directory
> $TarpitDir   = "/tmp/tarpitdb"; # tarpit dir
> $VandalFile  = "/Users/patsplat/Desktop/usemod10/vandals.txt";
> 
> open(SOURCE, "< $VandalFile")
>      or die "Couldn't open $VandalFile for reading: $!\n";
> my $remote_addr = new NetAddr::IP $ENV{"REMOTE_ADDR"};
> while(<SOURCE>) {
>      my $vandal_host = new NetAddr::IP $_;
>      if ( $remote_addr->within( $vandal_host ) ) {
>         $DataDir = $TarpitDir;
>      }
> }
> 

Great, thanks!  Now I've just got to find the time to insert it and
test it.  Hopefully some time this afternoon I can steal a few
minutes..


Much appreciated, Patrick!
Chad