-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/29/2014 10:29 AM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2014 06:11:36 -0400 Rahul Sundaram > <metherid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> FWIW, I have deleted well over a dozen accounts and hundred >> questions in the last few days and several new user accounts >> even after this mail was posted. It is likely a single >> persistent spammer and perhaps scripted. Some serious measures >> are needed at this point since some of us constantly deleting >> users accounts and postings just isn't scalable. > > Yeah, I have blocked a number of their accounts and deleted rafts > of posts too. ;( > >> Possible options >> >> * Block by IP address > > I looked at this a few days ago, and it didn't seem they were > coming from any IP in particular. :( I can look again tho. > >> * Limit open id signs to just Fedora accounts > > We could. How much outcry would this get from the people that use > other providers though? I think there's lots of people using > google/etc... > > When I looked at a few of this spammers accounts they seemed to all > be yahoo? I'd be perfectly fine blocking yahoo auth, but then they > could just use another one. > >> * https://pypi.python.org/pypi/stopforumspam/ * >> https://www.djangopackages.com/grids/g/anti-spam/ > > Would need packaging and testing... > If they're all coming in through Yahoo, then disabling that would be a stopgap at least until we can find a more effective anti-spam solution. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlOHTwgACgkQeiVVYja6o6PRcgCfVedbZh1Nq9p4OYZe64+6p4jV wvUAni3aUtcUbVQaUz3CD4JXsG4aVmqC =ggBg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ infrastructure mailing list infrastructure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure
