Re: [Mediawiki-l] Coolhost attack

It could have been a load of bots / compromised machines. I remember seeing something in the defaultsettings.php file that appeared to be a wildcard match for text being entered into a wiki, is this facility available or did I imagine it? If it is available could you use it to block the term "coolhost.biz"? Thanks, Arthur Guy arthur(a)astarsolutions.co.uk a star solutions www.astarsolutions.co.uk Audio & Video Leads Adapters and Accessories -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Ed Jones Sent: 10 October 2005 15:19 To: mediawiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Coolhost attack Hi, all. I'm new to this list. This weekend our wiki suffered an attack similar to the one mentioned in yesterday's list archives: it deleted a good bit of content and inserted the coolhost.biz links. However, it did not all come from one user. Rather more than 20 ip's edited the main page alone. Can anyone point me to more info on this, and just general help info on rolling back changes? Thanks! Ed _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l 'a star solutions' disclaimer The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. We believe that this communication is free from viruses and other potentially dangerous programmes, but the recipient opens this communication at their own risk. We assume no responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the receipt or use of this communication _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _____________________________________________________ This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm