In the very slim event that legit wiki editor would also happen to have had his IP
previously used by a malicious botnet, wouldn't a "IP blocked" message
simply inform him that his computer has been compromised? It seems like the collateral
damage would still be very very small. Also, related, wiki spam is usually reviewed by
human eyes and is less error-prone.
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From: Richard <legalize(a)xmission.com>
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John <phoenixoverride(a)gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Wiki spam. Stronger fightback.
In article <CAP-JHpmJc=vLFuyfeTf2iKTn4j43PHm9QnaDDhVVypz3MVzB-A(a)mail.gmail.com>om>,
John <phoenixoverride(a)gmail.com> writes:
One thing that might work (wouldnt be 100%) would be a
method for
identifying IP ranges of know abuse where legit collateral is minimal and
keeping a database of these and auto-blocking them.
The problem with all these schemes of identifying perpetrators is that
they often operate through botnets and the IP address doing the edit
has nothing at all to do with the perpetrator.
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