while true; do curl -X POST --data "field=value&field1=value1" http://myblog.com/comment.php; done Best, –Josh ____________________________________ Joshua Kehn | @joshkehn http://joshuakehn.com On Oct 11, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Paul M Foster <paulf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Folks: > > I've been getting spam comments on my personal blog (runs on > self-written PHP blog software). I'd like to test some methods I've > devised to prevent or block it. Does anyone know of a very lightweight > framework for simulating an automated "form fill-out" on a site? > Something where you could just add some code to designate the site for > the "attack" and then what fields you wanted to send? > > This should be a relatively simple task for PHP and curl, but I'm not > really familiar with the headers and that part of the HTTP conversation. > Yes, I know this is a risky question for a public list. Feel free to > contact me privately if you think the answer shouldn't be in the > archives of a public list. Likewise, if you can point me to a source of > quickly absorbable research on the subject. I frankly don't know how I'd > google such a thing. > > Paul > > -- > Paul M. Foster > http://noferblatz.com > http://quillandmouse.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
