{"id":8934,"date":"2006-03-21T14:39:18","date_gmt":"2006-03-21T21:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/03\/21\/spambastards.html"},"modified":"2006-03-21T14:39:18","modified_gmt":"2006-03-21T21:39:18","slug":"spambastards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/03\/21\/spambastards.html","title":{"rendered":"Spambastards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rrg.  More trackback spam, which is causing both server problems and problems using the trackback system to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>Have started playing, again, with renaming the trackback CGI file.  Also have implemented the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.thought-mesh.net\/solidwallofcode\/mt_projects\/autoban_1.php\" target=\"_blank\">AutoBan plugin<\/a>, which grabs IP addresses from junk trackbacks and puts them into .htaccess to keep them accessing MT files in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see how well (or how long) that works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rrg. More trackback spam, which is causing both server problems and problems using the trackback system to begin with. Have started playing, again, with renaming the trackback CGI file. 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Not entirely certain what they did to spoof past all the various filters and the like (and loosening...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging &amp; Internet&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging &amp; Internet","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7804,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/08\/08\/spam_spam_spam.html","url_meta":{"origin":8934,"position":3},"title":"Spam, spam, spam, spam &#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 8-Aug-05 9:10am","format":false,"excerpt":"While we're on the subject of graphs, the one here shows MT Blacklist's stats on spam at the various blogs I host here. The big drop in the angle of...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Spam&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Spam","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/computer-security\/spam"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8003,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/07\/05\/comment_spam_up.html","url_meta":{"origin":8934,"position":4},"title":"Comment spam update","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 5-Jul-05 9:27am","format":false,"excerpt":"And since we're talking about freedom of expression, let's chat about spam. 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