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I really think you might consider the option that there is a vulnerability
in one of the extensions. If that is the case black listing IPs will be an
ongoing wild goose chase.

I think this would be easily proven or disproven by making the questy
question impossible and see if the spam continues.

J.P. Maxwell | tipit.net | fibercove.com
On Feb 26, 2016 9:12 AM, "Paul Belanger" <pabelanger at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 08:10:34PM -0800, Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 6:35 AM, Jeremy Stanley <fungi at yuggoth.org>
> wrote:
> > > On 2016-02-25 02:46:13 -0600 (-0600), JP Maxwell wrote:
> > >> Please be aware that you can now create accounts under the mobile
> > >> view in the wiki native user table. I just created an account for
> > >> JpMaxMan.  Not sure if this matters but wanted to make sure you
> > >> were aware.
> > >
> > > Oh, yes I think having a random garbage question/answer was in fact
> > > previously preventing account creation under the mobile view. We
> > > probably need a way to disable mobile view account creation as it
> > > bypasses OpenID authentication entirely.
> >
> > So that's what it was doing! We'll have to tackle the mobile view issue.
> >
> > Otherwise, quick update here:
> >
> > The captcha didn't appear to help stem the spam tide. We'll want to
> > explore and start implementing some of the other solutions.
> >
> > I did some database poking around today and it does seem like all the
> > users do have launchpad accounts and email addresses.
> >
> So, I have a few hours before jumping on my plane and checked into this.
> We are
> using QuestyCaptcha which according to docs, should almost be impossible
> for
> spammers to by pass in an automated fashion.  So, either our captcha is too
> easy, or we didn't set it up properly.  I don't have SSH on wiki.o.o so
> others
> will have to check logs.  I did test new pages and edits, and was promoted
> by
> captcha.
>
> As a next step, we might need to add additional apache2 configuration to
> blacklist IPs.  I am reading up on that now.
>
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