[Moin-user] Link spam protection for public wikis (Uncomment to enable)

[Nir Soffer]

On 26 Jul, 2005, at 5:21, Jim Popovitch wrote:

> In wikiconfig.py I see this:
>   # Link spam protection for public wikis (Uncomment to enable)
>   # Needs a reliable internet connection.
>   #from MoinMoin.util.antispam import SecurityPolicy
>
> So I un-comment the "from" line and look inside antispam.py.
> When I try to access the URLs in antispam.py I see that these two 
> report
> "ERROR 403: Forbidden":
>    http://moinmaster.wikiwikiweb.de:8000/?action=xmlrpc2
>    http://moinmaster.wikiwikiweb.de:8000/BadContent?action=raw
> Is that normal, or should I be using different URLs?
No. I don't get 403 errors, maybe you changed your browser user agent 
string?

> Is antispam.py even worth using?

Yes. As far as I know, its the best wiki spam protection.

> Is there anything else to know about this?

Antispam maintain a blacklist of urls that spammers added to wikis or 
blogs in the past and prevent from saving those urls to your wiki. You 
can search for antispam on the MoinMoin wiki.


Best Regards,

Nir Soffer