[wp-hackers] Trackback Spam

[Michel Valdrighi]

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 08:46:32 -0500 (EST), Scott Merrill
<skippy at skippy.net> wrote:
>  A pingback recipient initiates a new request to the source of the
> pingback transmission to confirm that that pingback source is
> legitimate.
> 
> A long time ago, I added this verification process to the WordPress
> trackback mechanism for a project on which I was working, so that
> trackbacks would be verified.  Maybe WordPress can "embrace and
> extend" the trackback spec to plug this hole?

That would not extend the TrackBack spec, that would just embrace and
suffocate it.
Let's not do what Anil Dash does: TrackBacks don't necessarily come with a link.

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Michel Valdrighi
Devéloppeur Web Intraordinaire
http://zengun.org/weblog/