Targeting Spam > Trackbacks, and spammers, and DDoS, oh my!
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[Less Talk, More Code] Even after adding in some safeguards to the Trackback method, such as parsing the supposed referencing page and checking for HTML and the presence of the supposed link, it was still possible for spammers to get through. ...
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[Bolzano2910's Weblog] Fallout From the Fall of CAPTCHAs: If you’re a scammer and there’s a website that you want to crack, but it’s not big enough to pay somebody to develop an algorithm for (either because the CAPTCHA’s too hard or changes too often etc.), you can find some corrupt Nigerian generals’ orphaned children who’ll do it, or some Chinese guys who are tired of beating up monsters to get gold pieces or magic swords.
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[Asteriskese's Opensource Weblog] Java FAQ: FilePermission cannot Handle Symbolic Links? I was trying to change file permiss I read that an object can be strongly, weakly or even phantom (!!!!)
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[Agnosis] Agnosis - Ch. 4: But those things aside, Dorians professional side was less concerned about what ancient Egyptian UFO mysteries Ravilles package might or might have learned than about finding a way not to be compelled to file the government mandated Incursion Reports.
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[javaforweb] HTTP & Session Tracking: The server part tells the browser which server to contact, and the request-URI is the name used by the web server to identify the document.(I use the term request-URI since it’s the one used by the HTTP standard, and I can’t think of anything else that is general enough to not be misleading.)
[Perimeter Grid] BlackHat 2008, Day 2: the correct answer in a hidden field, or the image name), while others can be recognized by OCR software. Keep in mind that if OCR can read the CAPTCHA even 10% of the time, it’s “broken”
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[Bjorkoy.com] Bulletproof protection against comment spam: However, since this is supposed to be a bulletproof setup, I would still recommend using all the techniques mentioned above. Since Akismet is starting to get very popular, spammers might work extra hard to find countermeasures for it, and as it’s a centralized service, it’ll probably experience some downtime.
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[warhammer gold] Bear Shaman bug list: able to recast but spamming the key sometimes lets you sneak one in immediately after the cast timer finishes. Feat-Spirit Totem: Venom: Procs cause you to take stamina damage but the tooltip does not mention that its supposed to.
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[music and arts blog] Syndicating Web Sites: PICS rating: The tag is a Platform for Internet Content Selection rating that you may have received. This rating is specified by the World Wide Web Consortium (www.w3c.org).
[rg443] 15 Seconds : Article Index: The first part of this three part series walks through the process of creating a mobile blog application using a BASIC development environment for Palm OS devices called NS Basic. Subsequent articles will focus on synchronizing the data to the desktop using C# and creating an installer.
[Web Hosting] Anyway In a postgresql query string I assume you can do something ...: oh right. Because I’m trying to make a wrapper login so you login to some page and it redirects you to another (different domain)
[OXXus.net: Web Hosting] I am experiencing a problem with flash ie that i cant seem to ...: (no cross-site XHR was supposed to be a security measure (bleugh) .instead it has led to thousands of open proxies being exploited by spammers) (no cross-site XHR was supposed to be a security measure (bleugh) .
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