On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:13:09 -0600, Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net wrote:
We are in panic mode from the Vandalbot. But it can easily be defeated with a few software changes. It creates a new user, then trashes, then creates a new user, then trashes. What is needed is a bit of software that prevents trashing an article by a new user. A real new user will not need to be moving or blanking pages anyway. They are busy learning how to use the system.
Some web login systems oblige a user to type in some letters or numbers from a graphic which is designed to be readable by a human but not by a program. In this way, programs that attempt to automate registration can be defeated.
(I actually don't know exactly what Wik's bot does)
Me neither.