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But if you wanted to upgrade everything, remove the mobile view extension,
test in a dev/staging environment then deploy to production fingers
crossed, I think that would be a valid approach as well.

J.P. Maxwell | tipit.net | fibercove.com
On Feb 26, 2016 10:08 AM, "JP Maxwell" <jp at tipit.net> wrote:

> Plus one except in this case it is much easier to know if our efforts are
> working on production because the spam either stops or not.
>
> J.P. Maxwell | tipit.net | fibercove.com
> On Feb 26, 2016 9:48 AM, "Paul Belanger" <pabelanger at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 09:18:00AM -0600, JP Maxwell wrote:
>> > 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.
>> >
>> We'll have to let an infra-root make that call. Since nobody would be
>> able to
>> use the wiki. Honestly, I'd rather spend the time standing up a mirror dev
>> instance for us to work on, rather then production.
>>
>> > 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.
>> > >
>> > > > --
>> > > > Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2
>> > > >
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