Spam in links submit! - links mgr contrib

[clydejones]

An updated version of Links Manager is almost finished and it will incorporate an option to us CAPTCHA.

That being said:

CAPTCHA is good for all those roaming "bots" but it won't do much good if the spammer is willing to input the information manually.

Keep an eye on this Thread for more information

[ranger_lp]

I'm also a lucky recipient of this spam.....

[clydejones]

I've collected the following IP's and added them to my .htaccess

It seems to have helped

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^216\.(8[8-9]|9[01])\. [OR]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^64.156.213.228 [OR]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^217.11.233.43 [OR]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^64.92.167.179 [OR]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^72.237.75.94 [OR]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^72.237.74.119 [OR]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^203.174\.(8[0-9])\.139 [OR]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^217.11.233.44
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [F]

Feel free to try it out.

[a_berezin]

Better use "deny from" statement in htaccess for banning IP's - http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_access.html

[TamyA]

Clyde,

Does the previous version has the ability for the admin to review the link and then approve or disapprove? if not, will the new version has that? Thanks.

[clydejones]

The current version has this feature.

admin -> extras -> Links

you can edit the entry for approval or delete an entry.

The new version will keep this ability.

[Doodlebuckets]

I've tried using .htaccess to block this one bozo who is driving me nuts. I went back and looked at the million submission this site has made and there's a different IP addy every time and many of them are bogus. I think for my one "friend", Captcha would be neccessary and valuable!