Comments on: Stopping WordPress Spam http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/video-260707-2 Always something worth reading... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:09:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: David Kierznowski http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/video-260707-2/comment-page-1#comment-384 David Kierznowski Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:25:17 +0000 http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/video-260707-2/#comment-384 Phil, thanks for the heads up, looks like a cool project. Phil, thanks for the heads up, looks like a cool project.

]]> By: Philipp http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/video-260707-2/comment-page-1#comment-382 Philipp Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:42:21 +0000 http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/video-260707-2/#comment-382 <p> That was nicely explained. I just want to add that there are some other cool plugins are out which help you to lower the amount of spam you receive, namely, <a href="http://stepien.com.pl/2007/04/28/httpbl_wordpress_plugin/" rel="nofollow">http:BL WP Plugin</a>. This plugin checks the header information which is sent by your blog visitors, if it detects something which points to a bad application (Spambot, harvester and so on) it blocks it as a suspicious request. It stops alot more than just Spambots. </p> <blockquote> <a href="http://stepien.com.pl/2007/04/28/httpbl_wordpress_plugin/" rel="nofollow">http:BL WP Plugin</a> This Plugin needs an account at <a href="http://projecthoneypot.org" rel="nofollow">ProjectHoneyPot(PHP)</a> in order to work(it's free so why don't you join?). This scans the IP address against a database with already known Spammer-, Harvester- and Dictionary-attacker- IPs and block them. You have a number of options to define behavior. If you add another account you could actually use this service as a Honeypot too. </blockquote> That was nicely explained. I just want to add that there are some other cool plugins are out which help you to lower the amount of spam you receive, namely, http:BL WP Plugin.
This plugin checks the header information which is sent by your blog visitors, if it detects something which points to a bad application (Spambot, harvester and so on) it blocks it as a suspicious request. It stops alot more than just Spambots.

http:BL WP Plugin This Plugin needs an account at ProjectHoneyPot(PHP) in order to work(it’s free so why don’t you join?). This scans the IP address against a database with already known Spammer-, Harvester- and Dictionary-attacker- IPs and block them. You have a number of options to define behavior. If you add another account you could actually use this service as a Honeypot too.

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