[xwiki-users] Spam attack...register new user
Hi, This may not be new to some of you, but it is new to me. This summer, one of my sites saw many spam 'ad comments' on new user pages. Someone register himself/herself and leave comments on the register new user page (which I should not left open to all). I guess someone hired summer students to do this, they may want to google bomb with links on many web sites pointing to their sites. So, this 1+1= method did not stop spammers. I only show user lists to admin, so this attack did not add any value to spammers. I changed the access control, so that visitors can not welcome themselves to be a user. So, XWiki admins, you are informed. This is just my two cents. Wei-hsing
Well, I must admit, spammers and ther ilk certainly show a lot of tenacity. While it's true that nobody but them will see their adds, I doubt they care - usually it's "how many, how fast", and not "how many would buy" that pays. There is a "comment" permission which you can lock down though; but I was surprised to see the "attachment" permission gone. Is there a reason attachment was removed since 0.9? -----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of wangwh@att.net Sent: 10 September 2007 14:55 To: XWiki Users Subject: [xwiki-users] Spam attack...register new user Hi, This may not be new to some of you, but it is new to me. This summer, one of my sites saw many spam 'ad comments' on new user pages. Someone register himself/herself and leave comments on the register new user page (which I should not left open to all). I guess someone hired summer students to do this, they may want to google bomb with links on many web sites pointing to their sites. So, this 1+1= method did not stop spammers. I only show user lists to admin, so this attack did not add any value to spammers. I changed the access control, so that visitors can not welcome themselves to be a user. So, XWiki admins, you are informed. This is just my two cents. Wei-hsing _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
On Sep 10, 2007, at 5:55 PM, Esbach, Brandon wrote:
Well,
I must admit, spammers and ther ilk certainly show a lot of tenacity. While it's true that nobody but them will see their adds, I doubt they care - usually it's "how many, how fast", and not "how many would buy" that pays.
There is a "comment" permission which you can lock down though; but I was surprised to see the "attachment" permission gone. Is there a reason attachment was removed since 0.9?
No idea. I don't recall seeing any such permissions but then I only joined xwiki for 1.0 beta 1... ;) -Vincent
-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of wangwh@att.net Sent: 10 September 2007 14:55 To: XWiki Users Subject: [xwiki-users] Spam attack...register new user
Hi,
This may not be new to some of you, but it is new to me.
This summer, one of my sites saw many spam 'ad comments' on new user pages. Someone register himself/herself and leave comments on the register new user page (which I should not left open to all).
I guess someone hired summer students to do this, they may want to google bomb with links on many web sites pointing to their sites. So, this 1+1= method did not stop spammers.
I only show user lists to admin, so this attack did not add any value to spammers. I changed the access control, so that visitors can not welcome themselves to be a user.
So, XWiki admins, you are informed. This is just my two cents.
Wei-hsing _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Hi, I changed the rights of comments for the guest and I'm also using a verification email to ensure more protect from spam but I was wondering is there a way to delete the spam on my spaces such as the photos space that did not disappear as the main page? Thanks Tim ________________________________ From: users-bounces@xwiki.org on behalf of Esbach, Brandon Sent: Mon 9/10/2007 11:55 AM To: XWiki Users Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Spam attack...register new user Well, I must admit, spammers and ther ilk certainly show a lot of tenacity. While it's true that nobody but them will see their adds, I doubt they care - usually it's "how many, how fast", and not "how many would buy" that pays. There is a "comment" permission which you can lock down though; but I was surprised to see the "attachment" permission gone. Is there a reason attachment was removed since 0.9? -----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of wangwh@att.net Sent: 10 September 2007 14:55 To: XWiki Users Subject: [xwiki-users] Spam attack...register new user Hi, This may not be new to some of you, but it is new to me. This summer, one of my sites saw many spam 'ad comments' on new user pages. Someone register himself/herself and leave comments on the register new user page (which I should not left open to all). I guess someone hired summer students to do this, they may want to google bomb with links on many web sites pointing to their sites. So, this 1+1= method did not stop spammers. I only show user lists to admin, so this attack did not add any value to spammers. I changed the access control, so that visitors can not welcome themselves to be a user. So, XWiki admins, you are informed. This is just my two cents. Wei-hsing _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Speaking of spam - is there a way to (as admin of course) quickly nuke an user and every trace of his existence, delete all his submissions, pages, comments, uploads, everything? Greetings, Lilianne E. Blaze Campbell, Timothy D wrote:
Hi, I changed the rights of comments for the guest and I'm also using a verification email to ensure more protect from spam but I was wondering is there a way to delete the spam on my spaces such as the photos space that did not disappear as the main page?
Thanks
Tim
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From: users-bounces@xwiki.org on behalf of Esbach, Brandon Sent: Mon 9/10/2007 11:55 AM To: XWiki Users Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Spam attack...register new user
Well,
I must admit, spammers and ther ilk certainly show a lot of tenacity. While it's true that nobody but them will see their adds, I doubt they care - usually it's "how many, how fast", and not "how many would buy" that pays.
There is a "comment" permission which you can lock down though; but I was surprised to see the "attachment" permission gone. Is there a reason attachment was removed since 0.9?
-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of wangwh@att.net Sent: 10 September 2007 14:55 To: XWiki Users Subject: [xwiki-users] Spam attack...register new user
Hi,
This may not be new to some of you, but it is new to me.
This summer, one of my sites saw many spam 'ad comments' on new user pages. Someone register himself/herself and leave comments on the register new user page (which I should not left open to all).
I guess someone hired summer students to do this, they may want to google bomb with links on many web sites pointing to their sites. So, this 1+1= method did not stop spammers.
I only show user lists to admin, so this attack did not add any value to spammers. I changed the access control, so that visitors can not welcome themselves to be a user.
So, XWiki admins, you are informed. This is just my two cents.
Wei-hsing _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
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