Comments on: Well, I was on vacation… http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/04/10/well-i-was-on-vacation/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Hampton http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/04/10/well-i-was-on-vacation/#comment-382 Michael Hampton Sun, 10 Apr 2005 23:08:30 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/04/10/well-i-was-on-vacation/#comment-382 Good point, Dave... since comment spammers are also doing some of the referrer spamming, blocking the IP addresses of their spambots helps a lot. I feel, however, that there's room for improvement, and I know that on occasion the spammers do wise up and adapt their methods. There's been talk on the wp-hackers list about incorporating some of the techniques you use in RK/SK2 into WordPress, and when that happens, the spammers will have to find new ways of getting their spam posted, or else go find real jobs. Which do you think will happen? Whatever they do next, I intend to be ready. Good point, Dave… since comment spammers are also doing some of the referrer spamming, blocking the IP addresses of their spambots helps a lot. I feel, however, that there’s room for improvement, and I know that on occasion the spammers do wise up and adapt their methods.

There’s been talk on the wp-hackers list about incorporating some of the techniques you use in RK/SK2 into WordPress, and when that happens, the spammers will have to find new ways of getting their spam posted, or else go find real jobs. Which do you think will happen?

Whatever they do next, I intend to be ready.

]]> By: dr Dave http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/04/10/well-i-was-on-vacation/#comment-381 dr Dave Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:12:14 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/04/10/well-i-was-on-vacation/#comment-381 Hmmn... Comment spam and referrer spam are two different things... As far as I know, when properly configured, Referrer Karma works perfectly. I basically haven't had a single referrer spam for a month now. And that does mean I have no longer to fear that kind of DDoS problem. RK isn't supposed to stop comment spam at all. But as it turns out, it does block a sizable share of spammers at the door, through its IP blacklisting system. Which there again decreases the load. It certainly could use lots of improvements, but basically, it works great and I hardly even have to do anything with it as it is, so why bother... Hmmn… Comment spam and referrer spam are two different things… As far as I know, when properly configured, Referrer Karma works perfectly. I basically haven’t had a single referrer spam for a month now. And that does mean I have no longer to fear that kind of DDoS problem.

RK isn’t supposed to stop comment spam at all. But as it turns out, it does block a sizable share of spammers at the door, through its IP blacklisting system. Which there again decreases the load. It certainly could use lots of improvements, but basically, it works great and I hardly even have to do anything with it as it is, so why bother…

]]> By: jesus_ http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/04/10/well-i-was-on-vacation/#comment-380 jesus_ Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:58:11 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/04/10/well-i-was-on-vacation/#comment-380 I laughed when I read the 1 minute rss update stuff, untill I found out I had someone doing that on my blog too. Guess what, I mistyped and it was _my_ client updating every minute. Very sorry, slapped self repeatedly... I laughed when I read the 1 minute rss update stuff, untill I found out I had someone doing that on my blog too. Guess what, I mistyped and it was _my_ client updating every minute.

Very sorry, slapped self repeatedly…

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