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Re: Spam attacks
LOL! In comment #5 I mentioned that mod_security had been preventing me getting comment spam. What I did not mention was that my hosts turned it off for me so people could post code in comments. And guess what? Yes, I’ve just had around 100 comments spams. This is a first for me. It’s from 89.149.244.45-internetserviceteam.com which is a German IP address. Anyway, I’ve asked for mod_security to be reinstated, so we’ll see if they can leave comments now…
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#14 2008-07-11 19:15:38
- masa
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Re: Spam attacks
Now I’m curious as to what else is affected by having mod_security on/off.
I had to disable it to get ebl_upload to work on a site, but it isn’t set up to accept comments anyway. So I should be fine, shouldn’t I ?!
According to Joynet’s technote it only protects against referrer and comment spam.
Last edited by masa (2008-07-11 19:17:10)
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Re: Spam attacks
Sorry about the expired domain. I had a domain fiasco a while back with my hosting company at the time and ended up having to change domains to get away from them. I forgot to update my profile here. www.theturninggate.net is the correct domain.
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Re: Spam attacks
Martin, as I recall, you can’t turn off mod_security on Joyent. I have ebl_upload too and it works fine on Joyent.
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Re: Spam attacks
mod_security doesn’t always work! I was spammed 100 times yesterday and 25 times so far today. I’ve left today’s spam there for now in case anyone is interested. The spammer is reading this thread or why have I got comment spam for the first time ever, even though I have mod_security in place? So well done, you’re very clever, but can’t you find something more worthwhile to do?
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Re: Spam attacks
peter, the link I posted above might be of help…
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