Trash Talk - More anti-spam measures Mine GO BOOM - Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject: More anti-spam measures
It has been a while, but some bot scripter actually read the error message about needing to check a box to post as a guest user. So I added in one more layer of security that every spambot uses, but caused problems before: referral checking.
Before, I checked to see that users visiting the makemessage.php page didn't get there by a referral of makemessage.php, because there is no links to do that. If you actually look at the HTML code on makemessage, you'll notice a hidden forum field populated with your current referral to get to there. In fact, for at least a year or two now, the forums have recorded every referral done to create every post (which you can see done in this thread below the post-subjects).
As expected, a bunch of users have their referrals always set to block, which doesn't matter to me at all. But a couple of you in the past had your referrals always set to whatever page you were loading, which caused problems with making a post with this system block in place. So I had to remove it.
After seeing that the few users that did have that referral system setup have not posted in a while with referrals like that, I've readded it into the system. But it only blocks guest users that post like that.
If this causes a problem for anyone, let me know. It only prevents users from creating new threads, so guests that do have a problem, please reply to this thread without turning off any of your "web protection" programs.
Anonymous - Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject:
Spam Spam Spam
Cancer+ - Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:14 am Post subject:
Since this is trash talk, I see that you have zombie Claire as your avatar.
Great show. Can't wait for it to come back on.
Mine GO BOOM - Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:41 am Post subject:
I put that avatar up before that specific episode aired in the USA, but no one noticed.
Dr Brain - Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:21 pm Post subject:
I noticed, but didn't care enough to comment. Hiro is way cooler.
Cancer+ - Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:28 am Post subject:
Claire is just hot. Hiro is cool because he has a sword. I am addicted to the show though.
Animate Dreams - Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:19 am Post subject:
Bleh... I stopped watching after the Asians went to America. The only entertaining parts of the first episode were the ones in Japan, so once they got to America I knew it was just gonna be downhill.
Dr Brain - Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject:
You knew wrong.
Cancer+ - Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:16 pm Post subject:
Agreed. The best is in these next couple of episodes.
BDwinsAlt - Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:54 pm Post subject:
I have no clue what you people are talking about, but Charmed is on so I will be afk for a while.
Animate Dreams - Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject:
...What's with the yellow links at the top of certain posts? And why do they all link to this topic? O_o
Mine GO BOOM - Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject:
What is up with people posting the original post in a topic? It is like it isn't related to the thread at all.
Cyan~Fire - Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:03 am Post subject:
Is the moving new topic button also an anti-spam measure?
Mine GO BOOM - Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject:
Nah, just an April first script I added three years ago that I just leave in there.
Cyan~Fire - Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject:
Yeah, I knew what it actually was. I was just joking around.