On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 14:22 +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
simo simo.sorce@xsec.it wrote:
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 11:40 +0100, Reinhard Mueller wrote:
Yes, he is. And more than that, he is one of the modern spam bots that is able to subscribe to mailman mailing lists. :-(
If this problem gets worse, we have to think about a solution.
Captcha on subscribe, it's becoming necessary :(
Please do *NOT* put a bloody eyetest on this mailing list. That will almost certainly lock out people like me, while allowing in some robots with visual-recognition code. If you want to test spamminess, then eyesight and hearing have little to do with that. If anything, I suspect spammers probably average better on eyesight and hearing tests than the general population these days ;-) I have met one user who read by touch, with solenoids pushing on fingers and I think I've seen braille strip output devices in the past - why should we lock such people out or give them second-class service unnecessarily?
No need to jump on the chair, there are captchas (maybe they have a different name I don;t care too much about the acronym of the day) that just ask you a smart question that requires a brain to answer. Simple arithmetic is one of them but I guess that will not last long. But there are many ways to not use images.
I believe the best test would be to put new members on moderation-hold until they make some sensible posts. (Ultimately, who cares if it's a bot if it's posting relevant stuff? ;-> ) Shouldn't the FSFE be following best practice instead of false sense of security? http://www.w3.org/TR/turingtest#security
It's a catch-up game, this system will give us some more months without requiring stricter moderation of the list (expensive).
Simo.