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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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