Re: [OctDev] Re: Oddmuse Passwords (was Re: Website Updates) (fwd)

[Paul K. <pki...@us...>]

How about the following?

Assuming the spam is coming from 'bots rather than humans,
you could post the password on the wiki itself.  Individual
humans who still spam can be handled with a blackhole list.
Persistent humans with 'bot nets would still be a problem, but there
should be few enough of these that we can automatically turf
edits which contain their spam string.  If the problem still
persists,  post new passwords to he...@oc... periodically.

- Paul

On Mar 16, 2006, at 5:42 PM, Etienne Grossmann wrote:

>
>   Hi All,
>
> who wants a password to edit the wiki? This offer is for non-spammers
> only! If you qualify, send me your password and I'll add it to the
> list of passwords. This should at last loosen a little bit the
> conditions for editors.
>
>   You or anyone else can then use your pwd from anywhere. For our
> security, please [1] <<"log out" if you are "logged in" from a public
> terminal, by using the password action and not providing a password.>>
> Logging in/out, aka "using the password action," would be done by
> going to http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?action=password.
>
>   Is everyone ok w/ this?
>
>   Cheers,
>
>   Etienne