June 7, 2006

No more comment spam?

I've taken steps to prevent comment SPAM. It may have broken the comment system (I don't think it did, I tested it and everything seems fine...)

If you have a problem try shift reload on the form that submits the comments as they have changed and you may be using a cached copy...

Details in extended...

I renamed the comment CGI script so that code that just grabs the default MT script and runs through the entry numbers doesn't work.

I also add a new hidden field to the comment submission form. This will break anyone submitting comments to the CGI forms that isn't using the forms on PQBON.com. I suspect this will stop most if not all of the comment spam.

My final solution will entail some active/reactive countermeasures.

I have some plans for active countermeasures but I haven't implemented them yet. I'll post more when I do.

Posted by pqbon at June 7, 2006 1:58 PM
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The renaming will buy you a couple days of relief, but I find they catch up pretty quick. The hidden field should do a lot. Haven't added that myself, so let me know how that goes.

Posted by: kwc at June 7, 2006 8:47 PM