Changed CAPTCHA method, hard banned some IPs

Started by vampirefrog, June 27, 2011, 11:44:26 AM

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vampirefrog

Hi guys!

I've now changed the registration page CAPTCHA system with KeyCAPTCHA, which is a graphical puzzle sort of thing. To see it, try logging out and then going to the registration page. It's actually a fun toy :))

I've also banned all the users that signed up in the recent period (164 sign-ups with some duplicate IPs), by using iptables. There are currently 131 such IPs banned on the mappinghell server.

Hopefully this should get rid of a lot of spammer bots.

Cheers!

vampirefrog

Also disabled guest emails. Guests cannot send emails to members now.

Apollo

Wow, that's genius :D

It sure beats all the text and math captchas

If I could rearrange the alphabet, I'd put your sister and I side by side.

Heav’n hath no rage like love to hatred turn’d, Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn’d.

vampirefrog

This here method done worked, it would appeard. No more spam accounts. ;D