[Mapbender-dev] Trac Spam

[Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)]

On Fri, July 6, 2007 16:49, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Folks,
>
> The Trac Spammers have found our Trac instances and are actively spamming
> those that allow anonymous ticket creation and modification.  For example
> this recent spam on the Mapbender trac instance:
>
> Changes (by anonymous):
>
>   * cc: mapbender_dev at lists.osgeo.org (removed)
>   * cc: None (added)
>    * component:  core => print
>    * summary:  Titled GUIs (new zebra) => None
>    * version:  2.4.1 => 2.1
>    * milestone:  => Support usage of Styled Layer Descriptors (SLD)
>    * keywords:  login, gui list => None
>
> Comment:
>
>   {{{
>   #!html
>   <u style="display:none"><a href=http://search-
>   painter.bravehost.com/map.html>Painter</a> <a href=http://the-interior-
>   design.bravehost.com/map.html>Interior design</a></u>
>   }}}
>
> Beyond the fact that our google karma is being redirected to serve
> nefarious ends, there is also random damage being done to legitimate
> trac tickets.
>
> For the time being I have disabled anonymous ticket creation and
> modification.  Anyone wanting to submit or modify a ticket will now
> need to login with an OSGeo userid.  If this is contrary to the wishes
> of the Mapbender PSC I (or Astrid or Christoph) can revert this change.
>
> Best regards,

This is probably the best solution, thank you for making these changes. We
will launch some information to this regard to the Mapbender users.

Bets regards,


-- 
Arnulf Benno Christl
http://www.osgeo.org
(OSGeo Board Member)
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