Wiki needs updating!

Tynan · October 15, 2014, 12:40:10 PM

Crap! Ok, I need to fix anti-spam.

Yeah, Asirra shut down their captcha service. I replaced it but apparently that captcha isn't secure. Got to work something out. for now, I'm disabling new page creation.

Tynan · October 15, 2014, 12:57:42 PM

Yeah, turns out ReCaptcha isn't effective any more. Looking into alternatives now.

Tynan · October 15, 2014, 01:23:40 PM

Okay. I've taken some steps against the spam attack. Please let me know quickly if the spammers start making progress again.

ZestyLemons · October 15, 2014, 10:21:28 PM

Quote from: Tynan on October 15, 2014, 01:23:40 PM
Okay. I've taken some steps against the spam attack. Please let me know quickly if the spammers start making progress again.

I'm not sure they liked what you did:

http://rimworldwiki.com/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&limit=500

Yeah, I couldn't even fit all of them onto one picture. I think you need some heavier artillery.

Tynan · October 15, 2014, 10:27:06 PM

Damn. Ok.

Tynan · October 15, 2014, 10:29:22 PM

Well I guess the good thing is that all they did was create a ton of users. So there's that, at least. I don't understand these spammers, I have to say.

Tynan · October 15, 2014, 10:48:18 PM

Ok, I did some mass blocking.

User creation is disabled for now. I need to figure out a new CAPTCHA solution.

milon · October 16, 2014, 09:24:25 AM

Would reCAPTCHA be any good?

Tynan · October 16, 2014, 11:02:10 AM

Quote from: milon on October 16, 2014, 09:24:25 AM
Would reCAPTCHA be any good?

As I mentioned above, reCaptcha seems to be breakable by spammers.

Lost Cause · October 16, 2014, 11:27:47 AM

Quote from: Tynan on October 16, 2014, 11:02:10 AM
Quote from: milon on October 16, 2014, 09:24:25 AM
Would reCAPTCHA be any good?

A lot of captcha systems were broken through an exploit in the audio system that allowed well over 90% of the captchas to be correctly identified by an automated system not all that long back. It has been a fair white now though.... I would have expected at least some to have adapted.

As I mentioned above, reCaptcha seems to be breakable by spammers.

Tynan · October 16, 2014, 12:14:19 PM

It seems there are very few options. Captchas these days are breakable.

I've set up reCaptcha again, for now. If it fails more I may look into keyCaptcha.

Tynan · October 16, 2014, 02:29:14 PM

Yeah, even Google's reCaptcha doesn't work. Spam accounts still appear at a rate of about one per hour.

I've disabled account creation.

Does anyone have suggestions on how to actually stop spam? The Asirra Captcha where you picked animal pictures worked, but it's been discontinued

Matthiasagreen · October 16, 2014, 02:33:45 PM

Sweet Captcha?

milon · October 16, 2014, 04:00:53 PM

Quote from: Tynan on October 16, 2014, 11:02:10 AM
Quote from: milon on October 16, 2014, 09:24:25 AM
Would reCAPTCHA be any good?

As I mentioned above, reCaptcha seems to be breakable by spammers.

Lol, whoops. Just call me Captain Obvious.

Fernbhoy · October 17, 2014, 01:02:09 PM

Ty, you got a link to the A7 sprites btw? some of the new sprites aren't in the old pack