Re: [Staffslug] Staffs LUG wiki & security
On 09/01/06, dave(a)staffslug.org.uk <dave(a)staffslug.org.uk> wrote:
>> Problem is that anybody can become a member. Ok, if they
start to put
>> spam up then they can be barred. They then got to Yahoo/Hotmail/Gmail
>> etc and rejoin with another alias.
Apparently there are plug-ins for some wikis to help prevent spam.
Also, if you can ban strings, it's common for spammers to use things
like "<div>" tags and "<font size = 1>" so banning those
strings might
help, and we could add more as we see what the spammers use.
Russ