26 Feb
2016
26 Feb
'16
2:49 p.m.
Hi !
I spotted some SPAM on openSUSE wiki
see http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/27352284
Ironically when I tried to remove the page myself (hey ! it's a wiki
;) ) I was denied by the spam blocker :D
"You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:
Your IP address has been automatically blocked because it was used by
another user, who was blocked by Cboltz. The reason given is:
Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by
"Robertleefather".
The reason given for Robertleefather's block is "Spamming links to
external sites"
Thanks !
Paul
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26 Feb
26 Feb
2:57 p.m.
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On 2016-02-26 14:49, Paul Gonin wrote:
Hi !
I spotted some SPAM on openSUSE wiki
Please read the [opensuse-wiki] mail lists, there are some posts there
explaining what is going on.
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3:04 p.m.
Hey,
On 26.02.2016 14:49, Paul Gonin wrote:
I spotted some SPAM on openSUSE wiki
see http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/27352284
Ironically when I tried to remove the page myself (hey ! it's a wiki
;) ) I was denied by the spam blocker :D
Christian when you block people you can't tick the 'Automatically block
the last IP address used by this use' checkbox as this will block the IP
of the proxy in front of the wiki and hence every user.
I've changed all the recent blocks in the blocklist.
Henne
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3:58 p.m.
sorry I somehow missed that there was an opensuse-wiki mailing list
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Henne Vogelsang <hvogel(a)opensuse.org> wrote:
Hey,
On 26.02.2016 14:49, Paul Gonin wrote:
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I spotted some SPAM on openSUSE wiki
see http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/27352284
Ironically when I tried to remove the page myself (hey ! it's a wiki
;) ) I was denied by the spam blocker :D
Christian when you block people you can't tick the 'Automatically block the
last IP address used by this use' checkbox as this will block the IP of the
proxy in front of the wiki and hence every user.
I've changed all the recent blocks in the blocklist.
Henne
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7:37 p.m.
Hello,
Am Freitag, 26. Februar 2016, 15:04:05 CET schrieb Henne Vogelsang:
Wieso? Oblade
ins Laufwerk, Meßwein in den Prozessorkühler füllen,
$> confirm kernel eintippen und warten, bis die Liturgie durch ist -
ganz einfach! [Florian Evers und Martin Leidig in suse-talk]
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On 26.02.2016 14:49, Paul Gonin wrote:
Oops, I wasn't aware of this detail :-(
I spotted some SPAM on openSUSE wiki
see http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/27352284
Ironically when I tried to remove the page myself (hey ! it's a wiki
;) ) I was denied by the spam blocker :D
Christian when you block people you can't tick the 'Automatically
block the last IP address used by this use' checkbox as this will
block the IP of the proxy in front of the wiki and hence every user. I've changed all the recent blocks in the
blocklist.
Thanks, and sorry for accidently blocking everybody!
I just searched for a way to make sure this can't happen again, and
found
a) whitelisting IP ranges (like the proxy's IP)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Autoblock#Disabling_autoblocking
Unfortunately this needs to be done on every wiki, for example on
https://en.opensuse.org/MediaWiki:Autoblock_whitelist
b) reducing the time how long an autoblock is active (1 second sounds
fine when everybody comes via the same IP)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgAutoblockExpiry
Do you think we should implement one or both of them?
Regards,
Christian Boltz
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27 Feb
27 Feb
12:33 a.m.
Hello,
TL;DR: the english wiki is temporarily read-only to stop spammers
(wiki admins can still do edits)
Am Freitag, 26. Februar 2016, 19:37:11 CET schrieb Christian Boltz:
While Villabajo
still discusses which medium to use,
Villarriba has already submitted 304823.
[>> Volker Kuhlmann, > Carlos E. R. and Jan Engelhardt in opensuse-
factory]
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Am Freitag, 26. Februar 2016, 15:04:05 CET schrieb
Henne Vogelsang:
Actually I abused this detail again - the massive spam attack continues,
and blocking the proxy IPs is the only way I have to stop the spam.
Yes, I'm aware that this will also block "good" edits. Sorry for that,
but even if someone sends me a mail with "can you please change $page to
$text", it's still faster than deleting 1000 more spam pages.
(Still, I'd like to ask you to do this only in really urgent cases ;-)
On releated news: I discussed available options to block the spammers
with Darix. The "Nuke" extension to mass-delete pages is already on the
staging wiki and should be available in the production wiki on monday.
We also have some ideas to prevent spam posts - more on this when it's
implemented.
Fun fact, in case someone wonders: blocking the spammers by username
means fighting windmills - they switch user accounts faster than I can
block them :-( (yes, I tested this!)
Regards,
Christian Boltz
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Christian when you block people you can't
tick the 'Automatically
block the last IP address used by this use' checkbox as this will
block the IP of the proxy in front of the wiki and hence every user.
Oops, I wasn't aware of this detail :-( Could someone
remove this requirement?
I think you have to write a bugzilla. 
10:15 a.m.
Christian Boltz wrote:
Fun fact, in case someone wonders: blocking the
spammers by username
means fighting windmills - they switch user accounts faster than I can
block them :-( (yes, I tested this!)
In my experience, captchas and/or requiring manual approval of new
accunts works quite well.
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10:51 a.m.
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On 2016-02-27 10:15, Per Jessen wrote:
Christian Boltz wrote:
I was going to suggest that. Delayed activation, block certain areas
after registering (say, you can report a bug, post on the forum, but
not write in the wiki), till some kind of approval.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith))
Fun fact, in case someone wonders: blocking the
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Per Jessen composed on 2016-02-27 10:15 (UTC+0100):
In my experience, captchas and/or requiring manual
approval of new
accunts works quite well.
Captchas don't work very well for some people. I've repeatedly been to some
places where they never work the first try. Commonly when they make you try
again, they reset at least two fields you've laboriously typed into already.
Others make it impossible to tell a B from an 8 or a 0 or an O, or an l from
a 1, among others.
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Le 27/02/2016 11:18, Felix Miata a écrit :
Per Jessen composed on 2016-02-27 10:15 (UTC+0100):
some are less boring than others :-)
jdd
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In my experience, captchas and/or requiring
manual approval of new
accunts works quite well.
Captchas don't work very well for some people. I've repeatedly been to some
places where they never work the first try. Commonly when they make you try
again, they reset at least two fields you've laboriously typed into already.
Others make it impossible to tell a B from an 8 or a 0 or an O, or an l from
a 1, among others.
12:30 p.m.
Felix Miata wrote:
Per Jessen composed on 2016-02-27 10:15 (UTC+0100):
That's okay, you'd only need it once (for account registration).
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In my experience, captchas and/or requiring
manual approval of new
accunts works quite well.
Captchas don't work very well for some people. I've repeatedly been to
some places where they never work the first try. Commonly when they
make you try again, they reset at least two fields you've laboriously
typed into already. Others make it impossible to tell a B from an 8 or
a 0 or an O, or an l from a 1, among others.
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