[pmwiki-users] Persistent attacks on pages
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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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