[OpenStack-Infra] Wiki.o.o sustaining spam attack
Tom Fifield
tom at openstack.org
Tue Feb 23 06:55:37 UTC 2016
For wiki.o.o, I believe this is at:
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Special:Version
On 23/02/16 14:51, JP Maxwell wrote:
> I did setup a wiki and have a look at this briefly. Can you confirm
> what extensions you are loading? When you setup the wiki it generates a
> localsettings.php file that lists the extensions:
>
>
>
> Inline image 1
>
> # Enabled Extensions. Most extensions are enabled by including the base
> extension file here
> # but check specific extension documentation for more details
> # The following extensions were automatically enabled:
> wfLoadExtension( 'ConfirmEdit' );
> wfLoadExtension( 'InputBox' );
> wfLoadExtension( 'SpamBlacklist' );
> wfLoadExtension( 'TitleBlacklist' );
> wfLoadExtension( 'WikiEditor' );
>
> I think if you have that ConfirmEdit extension you can enable captcha
> when creating new pages / editing existing ones. In addition, there do
> seem to be some spam extensions that come built in.
>
>
> J.P. Maxwell / tipit.net <http://www.tipit.net>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 12:43 AM, Tom Fifield <tom at openstack.org
> <mailto:tom at openstack.org>> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Spam pages now outnumber content pages on our wiki.
>
> I have stopped trying to keep up with deleting them, after putting
> in many, many hours.
>
>
> Is there any chance someone can make the configuration changes I
> posted a couple weeks back, as an emergency measure?
>
>
> * update Apache web server configuration to block all spammer IPs
> in lists available from www.stopforumspam.com
> <http://www.stopforumspam.com> . Alternate, use the mediawiki plugin
> that does the same:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StopForumSpam
>
> * Configre the ConfirmEdit extension to set it to display a CAPTCHA
> when creating a new page:
>
> $wgCaptchaTriggers['create'] = true;
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Tom
>
> On 15/02/16 22:05, Tom Fifield wrote:
>
> Is there anyone who can help with this? There's still a ton of spam
> going in, and manually cleaning it is a ton of effort.
>
> On 12/02/16 06:40, Tom Fifield wrote:
>
> OK, so, MediaWiki nas a nice manual on how to combat spam (
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam )
>
> Would it be possible to get these implemented:
>
> * update Apache web server configuration to block all
> spammer IPs in
> lists available from www.stopforumspam.com
> <http://www.stopforumspam.com> . Alternate, use the
> mediawiki plugin that does the same:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StopForumSpam
>
> * Configre the ConfirmEdit extension to set it to display a
> CAPTCHA when
> creating a new page:
>
> $wgCaptchaTriggers['create'] = true;
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 12/02/16 11:08, Tom Fifield wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Since about 11th January, wiki.o.o has been under attack
> by spammers.
>
> They're creating new pages at a rate of more than 50 a
> day, with titles
> that hint at calling certain phone numbers for various
> services.
>
> If you look at
>
> https://wiki.openstack.org/w/index.php?title=Special:NewPages
>
> you'll see them.
>
> It's across more than a dozen user accounts. I'm going
> to attempt some
> cleaning, but we probably need to look for an extension
> to do something
> about this pro-actively.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Tom
>
>
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