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#311330 - 13/06/2008 01:57 So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form...
gbeer carpal tunnel Registered: 17/12/2000 Posts: 2665 Loc: Manteca, California	Code: <br/>2008-Jun-11 17:25:8 - asdfgh <br/>1,Icatcher,89.123456,-98.123455, (Fanatic),,,,,,,,,,,,,Redline Red <br/><br/> <br/>2008-Jun-12 16:0:4 - Scot Sandoval <br/>1,Scot Sandoval,,, (Fanatic),Carolina Chaney,[email protected],Freeman Oliver,CA,10757,Teri Benjamin,(256)129-1191,(968)415-7368,(658)496-1986,[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],<br/>crystallization afrikander gryllotalpa counterlathing bronzy undertone meissa splanchnodiastasis <a href= http://www.rfsolutions.co.uk/acatalog/ >RF Solutions</a> http://utepassmotel.pikes-peak.com/ <br/> The code above is the output of a perl script that processes the form. The first is typical of proper usage of the form to log info. The second embeds an html link. This goes nowhere until I review the info and approve it for posting on a google map. Well not quite nowhere, the info is echoed back to the submitter by the perl script that reformats the input. They see a clickable link but the page they are looking at only exists in their cache. What use is this to someone? Edited by gbeer (13/06/2008 01:58) _________________________ Glenn
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#311335 - 13/06/2008 09:12 Re: So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... [Re: gbeer]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14484 Loc: Canada	Originally Posted By: gbeer What use is this to someone? Search-engine (Google) seeding -- the more links they have to their stuff, the more importantly ranked it might appear in Google Search. So they'll spam it into blogs, BBSs, and anywhere else they can, where the site maintainers might lack sufficient automation to filter/reject it. Cheers
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#311336 - 13/06/2008 11:14 Re: So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... [Re: mlord]
Roger carpal tunnel Registered: 18/01/2000 Posts: 5682 Loc: London, UK	Originally Posted By: mlord where the site maintainers might lack sufficient automation to filter/reject it. Akismet -- it's caught 100% of the spam posted as comments to my website. Zero false positives. _________________________ -- roger
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#311337 - 13/06/2008 11:42 Re: So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... [Re: Roger]
andy carpal tunnel Registered: 10/06/1999 Posts: 5914 Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK	Originally Posted By: Roger Akismet -- it's caught 100% of the spam posted as comments to my website. Zero false positives. AOL Same experience here. _________________________ Remind me to change my signature to something more interesting someday
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#311348 - 13/06/2008 18:37 Re: So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... [Re: andy]
gbeer carpal tunnel Registered: 17/12/2000 Posts: 2665 Loc: Manteca, California	Must be automated. I'll modify the script so no links are echoed back. With no positive response, maybe they will go away. _________________________ Glenn
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#311354 - 13/06/2008 21:05 Re: So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... [Re: gbeer]
JBjorgen carpal tunnel Registered: 19/01/2002 Posts: 3583 Loc: Columbus, OH	Also, for those running wordpress, I like WP-HashCash. The idea is that it shows proof of work to submit a comment. _________________________ ~ John
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#311357 - 14/06/2008 05:29 Re: So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... [Re: gbeer]
Roger carpal tunnel Registered: 18/01/2000 Posts: 5682 Loc: London, UK	Originally Posted By: gbeer Must be automated. Akismet is available as a plugin for common CMS and blogging engines; if one isn't available for yours, you should be able to apply for an SDK key (free) and then integrate their webservice into your web app. _________________________ -- roger
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#311368 - 14/06/2008 16:36 Re: So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... [Re: gbeer]
gbeer carpal tunnel Registered: 17/12/2000 Posts: 2665 Loc: Manteca, California	Ok, I did the simple thing and stopped writing back the text field that was being abused. The abuser attempted to adapt by writing less text into the field. _________________________ Glenn
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