So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form...

Posted by: gbeer

So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... - 13/06/2008 01:57

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?
Posted by: mlord

Re: So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... - 13/06/2008 09:12

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
Posted by: Roger

Re: So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... - 13/06/2008 11:14

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.


Posted by: andy

Re: So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... - 13/06/2008 11:42

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.
Posted by: gbeer

Re: So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... - 13/06/2008 18:37

Must be automated.

I'll modify the script so no links are echoed back. With no positive response, maybe they will go away.
Posted by: JBjorgen

Re: So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... - 13/06/2008 21:05

Also, for those running wordpress, I like WP-HashCash.

The idea is that it shows proof of work to submit a comment.
Posted by: Roger

Re: So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... - 14/06/2008 05:29

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.
Posted by: gbeer

Re: So why is this junk being loaded into my HTML form... - 14/06/2008 16:36

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.