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task #4151: add empty field trap

Submitted by:  Mathieu Roy <yeupou>
Submitted on:  Mon 20 Nov 2006 04:08:54 PM UTC  
 
Should Start On: Sun 19 Nov 2006 11:00:00 PM UTCShould be Finished on: Fri 24 Nov 2006 11:00:00 PM UTC
Category: Web FrontendStatus: Done
Priority: 4 - HighPlanned Release: 3.0
Assigned to: NoneOpen/Closed: Closed
Privacy: PublicFor/By: CERN

Tue 21 Nov 2006 12:37:10 PM UTC, SVN revision 6415:

Put an invisible trap to spambots, a field unused that will be
considered as bogus if filled (task #4151). This will not prevent
tailored spambots to post, but this will definitely block the
others. And it is common knowledge that even old spambots are still
used nowadays, no matter how easy it is to catch the

(Browse SVN revision 6415)

Mathieu Roy <yeupou>
Project Administrator
Tue 21 Nov 2006 12:36:30 PM UTC, SVN revision 6414:

Put an invisible trap to spambots, a field unused that will be
considered as bogus if filled (task #4151). This will not prevent
tailored spambots to post, but this will definitely block the
others. And it is common knowledge that even old spambots are still
used nowadays, no matter how easy it is to catch the

(Browse SVN revision 6414)

Mathieu Roy <yeupou>
Project Administrator
Mon 20 Nov 2006 04:08:54 PM UTC, original submission:

Implementing http://linuxfr.org/comments/682549.html#682549 should be easy, and as people in the comment point out, it wont do much harm to bots designed especially against savane, but it reasonable to think that it will a pain to the rest of them, are they are probably the most frequent.

Mathieu Roy <yeupou>
Project Administrator

 

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