[pmwiki-users] Persistent attacks on pages

pmwiki at 911networks.com pmwiki at 911networks.com
Sun Apr 23 16:27:21 CDT 2006


Pico wrote:
> The entire text of the ToDo Cookbook page has been removed ten (10) 
> times between 3/5/06 and 4/22/06 (different ip addresses each time).
> 
> 1. What is the extent of this problem: Are there other pages that are 
> persistently targeted in the same way (removal of all text)?
> 2. What should be done?
> 
> a. We could just keep playing cat and mouse until the fun wears out?  
> But the attacks on the ToDo page resume after breaks as long as 10 days 
> and two weeks.
> 
> b. Password Protecting the page would make it harder for people to add 
> comments.  On the other hand, maybe the comments should be broken off to 
> a separate page, leaving the basic recipe to be password protected.  
> That has other benefits for this page because its comments have included 
> long lines of literal text that throws off the screen size.
> 
> c. Can PmWiki distinguish an edit where all text is removed from other 
> edits?  If so, should PmWiki allow administrators, or authors, to 
> protect certain pages, or groups, from such edits (and page deletions) 
> by requiring deletion passwords, by supplying automated restores, or by 
> simply reporting?

Captcha is the answer. Is there a way to implement it in PM?

Either the captcha is the password and therefore changes every
time or every week, release a new password on the mailing list
and to be authenticated by the captcha.

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