[wp-hackers] Trackback Spam

[Scott Merrill]

Michel Valdrighi wrote:
> 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.

The reference is lost on me.  In what ways has Anil Dash suffocated the 
trackback spec?

And according to the official SixApart trackback specification, a link 
is the _only_ think specifically required:
    http://www.movabletype.org/docs/mttrackback.html
"In the Movable Type implementation, of the above parameters only url is 
required. If title is not provided, the value for url will be set as the 
title."


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