On 23/02/2019 15.45, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
Hi all
(starting a new subthread, I'm not interested in the flame wars)
Am 20.02.19 um 10:48 schrieb Alex Christoph Bihlmaier:
Hello dear fellow opensuse-enthusiasts!
I am wondering about openSUSE connect - there is a huge amount of spam on it and it really is not a shiny & bright representation of the openSUSE project.
I looked at it.
AFAICT, what the spammers do is: * get an openSUSE (microfocus.com) account * use this account to log into connect and then start throwing crap into the fan to distribute it.
How can we solve it? 1) disable these accounts 2) block specific accounts on connect.o.o, even though they are still enabled 3) (not an option yet, see the flame wars) shut down connect.o.o
1) might be hard for the community, as the accounts are maintained by microfocus. Additionally, even an account that "we" (community) identify as a spammer, might still be a paying SUSE / Novell / Microfocus customer, and disabling the account might have unwanted consequences. 2) I have no idea if this is technically possible. Anyone with knowledge of the underlying system around that can tell us if this is possible?
If 2) is possible, I would volunteer to go through connect.o.o and disable/block/whatever all accounts that are obvious spam.
I have now admin access to the connect platform, so I will start working on it soon. If you also want access, the mail where I asked for access had set a CC to this mail list. Then we can find someone to coordinate. :-) They told me to delete users. Banning is possible but not recommended, it just puts a notice. I just asked admin about your concern on 1). -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)