[wp-hackers] A rise in comment spam falling through to moderation

[Elliott Bäck]

Hi Dave,

I've been using WP-Hashcash for the last couple months, and I've gotten 
0 spam so far.  While it's a stopgap measure that spammers "could" 
theoretically overcome, it has a number of features (much like 
polymorphic viruses) that make it hard to identify and combat.  If 
you're having spam trouble, you should give it a try:

http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2004/11/29/spam-stopgap-extreme/

Thanks,
Elliott C. Bäck

607-229-0623
119 Blair St. #2
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www.spreadIE.com
www.elliottback.com



Dave Cohen wrote:

> Was just curious if others are seeing the same problems as I.  More 
> and more comment spam is falling through to the moderation queue than 
> ever before.  I have 3 implementations of arsenal in my fight, renamed 
> wp-comments-post.php, Kitten's SpamWords, and Kitten's Spaminator.  
> All of these were working great until this week.  Was it just a matter 
> of time before they figured out how to get around our walls, or are 
> they using new techniques we don't have an answer for?
>
> -Dave
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