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an idea to kill forum troll bots

Discussion in 'Technology Forum' started by Superfluous_Nut, Jul 12, 2010.

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  1. Jul 12, 2010 at 3:42 PM #1
    Superfluous_Nut

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    would a simple recursive link kill these fuckers?

    like:

    http://www.thisboardrocks.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2559349


    it wouldn't take too much to catch those cases, so maybe some kind of randomly generated url tag that gets ignored and send you to the same page (with another randomly generated url).
     
  2. Jul 12, 2010 at 6:02 PM #2
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    I assume that vBulletin must have some shit like this:
     

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  3. Jul 12, 2010 at 6:13 PM #3
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    I know it has this....
     

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  4. Jul 12, 2010 at 6:15 PM #4
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    Yeah, CAPTCHA's are ok, but when you add the Blackhole list check it makes a HUGE difference :biggrin:
     
  5. Jul 12, 2010 at 6:21 PM #5
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    I was referring to the question and answer. Since I have been using it, ZERO spammers get through.

    It could be as simple a question as "What does the R stand for in TBR?" the spambots choke on it.
     
  6. Jul 12, 2010 at 6:23 PM #6
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    They choke on 2+2= ?? HAHAHA
     
  7. Jul 12, 2010 at 9:13 PM #7
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    we've got one that we use. implemented it a month or so back.
     
  8. Jul 12, 2010 at 9:16 PM #8
    LarryD

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    here's ours.
     

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  9. Jul 12, 2010 at 9:19 PM #9
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    Never made a 2nd account so I didnt notice. And they still get through?

    Just looked at the question... maybe it could be just a little tougher. The one that I get is the Alphabet one. The Raliegh one should stump most of us. :)
     
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  10. Jul 12, 2010 at 9:24 PM #10
    LarryD

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    oh, it could be way tougher. this was to rule out auto-registrations with a question that wouldn't appear on a list of obvious registration filters.
     
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