Bots on Boards...

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 8:13 pm

I dunno if you guys care about this so much... and I don't know that this issue really has much impact on the board experience in general...

but I notice you guys are getting hammered by Bot registrants. You may want to install some variety of "confirm that you are a human" safeguard on your registration protocol to prevent folks like

"DeD86259 in Mongolia"

and

"Andkwcvmti in EV"

from registering...

...though I suspect you have better things to do than worry about such tweaks to the land o songfight.

--Em

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:24 pm

phpBB comes with a captcha function these days, which is easy to turn on. also i wrote a little patch which makes it so that bots which register but don't verify don't show up on user lists so they don't have any effect. I need to make that stuff available again I guess but in the meantime it's at http://beesbuzz.biz/code/phpbb/memberli ... spam.patch

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:23 pm

Leaf wrote:Please oh please get rid of "rat40". Merci.

I take back my previous assertion that the bots have no impact on the board experience... Once the bots start posting, it can be a real pain in the arse...for you admins especially.

I know the PHP boards can be set up to include a "identify this graphic representation of a word..." as part of the sign-up protocol. Perhaps something to consider?

(Sorry to flog ye olde dead horse...)

--Em

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:50 pm

The bot quoted me. I think that is the funniest thing in the world.

Hey Spud & JB since there is an awful lot of these bots on the memberlist, want someone to compile a list so you can do some kind of mass execution?

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:54 pm

Niveous wrote:The bot quoted me. I think that is the funniest thing in the world.

Hey Spud & JB since there is an awful lot of these bots on the memberlist, want someone to compile a list so you can do some kind of mass execution?

Quoted by Robots!

I'd also be happy to compile such a list for such a purpose!

(We do our part)

--M

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:56 pm

anti-m wrote:Quoted by Robots!

Hey Anti-M, we should collaborate as Quoted by Robots (QxR).

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:59 pm

Niveous wrote:
anti-m wrote:Quoted by Robots!
Hey Anti-M, we should collaborate as Quoted by Robots (QxR).

I'm always up for collaboration! Although I never actually managed to see Captured! By Robots...

ken · Post by **ken** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:15 pm

anti-m wrote:I never actually managed to see Captured! By Robots...

I have. It was one of the first shows I saw when I moved to the Bay Area. It was amazing.

Ken

Post by jb » Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:21 pm

ya'll go nuts, that would be usefull thanks.

jb

Post by **Spud** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:29 pm

I have just done a mass execution, but if you want to put together a list of remaining suspects, go ahead.

SPUD

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:57 pm

From the first 250 members I checked:

Tony Town
Bobrikkh
heylo621
261261
Gunyard
Creampie147
Johanni754
metal977
Mike860
fotoman008
golden-showers-258
alex
708A
Palmer747
Pheromone
aphrodisiac.179
italiancharms784
Spamma210
Johan612
frankkk
Erik650
kiyan723
ahyutta
Beata340
asdas501
bitare228
dimok777
Mialu651
Irena500
Violar163
nderevyanko
Weber224
Weber256
LorieKennedy83
aquatic-store.com
minelab
Color Laser Engraver
Jenya_S1980
kraska
Vpenidi251
krabtest297
tusovka
Pechnik
itacha346
During635
Silverstorm
286Johanny
idinaahuy
repco809
Korobin227
Serguei-Roudnev
pdasoft
KaZhaR
vectigal1994
Monya489
Rikitiki
928928928
Intexusa
archiven
934van
Roy Forrest
YerodinCabbell
FreeAds
velesa
diada
vicodin
Yanka515
Robert Stannnyhope
SpikeLemp
showclubinfo.info
zzDustin
plane149
fam-oppenheimer.de
204-synaix.de
bwhc.info
aponomarenko
boatsmith
204-synaix

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:32 pm

I think a couple of those might be ligit.

I think I remember a creampie and a rikitiki...

some are obvious though like .info..uh duh...

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:06 pm

Seriously, though, there's ways of preventing spammers from even finding the forums to begin with, and making it harder for them to actually register and post if they do.

blue · Post by **blue** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:27 pm

Niveous wrote:From the first 250 members I checked:

Creampie147

that's me

blue · Post by **blue** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:28 pm

Niveous wrote:From the first 250 members I checked:

golden-showers-258

and i got a pm from this one saying it was really hoblit.

Post by **Spud** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:09 pm

As of today, I have deleted most of the list.

Albatross · Post by **Albatross** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:38 pm

From January 4th on, every new member has been a spambot except the following:

jessecooper
akash
Francois
Cultofzoee
Pierre
Phlemingo
Carpetburn

Today we got one from a bestiality site. That's just wrong.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:21 pm

blue wrote:
Niveous wrote:From the first 250 members I checked:

golden-showers-258
and i got a pm from this one saying it was really hoblit.

That was supposed to be between you and me. (and a drain)

j$ · Post by j$ » Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:55 pm

Hoblit wrote:(and a drain)

Lightweight.

pegor · Post by **pegor** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:17 pm

not sure if this is techie curiousity or self presevation instinct..............

How does one identify botness ?

<A href="http://www.songfight.org/"> maintain solidtude longer </A> ask me how

seriously Im asking

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:53 am

Heuristics.

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:10 am

(Pattern Recognition)

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