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RE: Comment Spam: new trends, failing counter-measures and why it's a big deal


From: "php0t" <very () unprivate com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 04:13:38 +0100


  A big part of the problem you mention can be solved by requiring a
Turing test for the actions that you don't want a bot to be able to do.

php0t


Recently, new bots rendered current anti spam techniques for blogs 
almost useless. Here is a short write-up on the subject of comment
spam, 
referrer spam and what's currently happening in that area.

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