[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #2967: Grabbing IP Address on registration

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Tue Oct 3 23:42:32 GMT 2006


#2967: Grabbing IP Address on registration
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 Reporter:  darkfate        |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement     |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:  2.1      
Component:  Administration  |      Version:  2.0.4    
 Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  needs-patch     |  
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Changes (by Nazgul):

  * keywords:  => needs-patch
  * version:  => 2.0.4

Comment:

 +1 for this enhancement as well.
 Especially with the ip, rdns and whois additions mentioned by _ck_.

 I've seen blogs get flooded by bogus user registrations. Effectively being
 a kind of DOS. Having some kind of protection against this in core seems
 valid.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2967>
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