Pierre Abbat wrote:
Ss just uploaded a PHP script, which was promptly deleted by Brion Vibber, and an incomprehensible image, which I deleted. According to Brion, it was a cracking tool.
Well, I don't know if the image was a cracking tool or not, it was just pointless and incomprehensible. :)
The PHP script (which incidentally was harmless, as scripts in our uploads directory are _not_ parsed or executed, but passed on just like text files) was a version of "phpRemoteView", a remote filesystem browser.
How can this user be blocked?
(See Lee's answer to this question.)
I doubt we'll see anything more from "Ss"; I imagine the account was created solely to upload a couple files, and with their failure they'll probably move on somewhere else.
That reminds me, though, of a long-ago feature request for something like a watchlist for users; it might be nice to be able to keep an eye on edits by specific users/IPs, either because you really like somebody's edits, or because you don't trust them. :) The 'user contributions' link handles this individually, but not en masse.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)