Having Fun With Spammers
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Some guy had a fun idea : modify his wp-comments.php so this file would write back 47 MB to spambots that try to POST something into it. Waste of bandwidth or ultimate answer ? Apparently he got completely rid of spam in a few days :)

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  1. CountZero
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    CountZero Germany »
    wrote, on 18/Apr/06 at 11:45 pm # :

    sounds like a great idea for another spamkarma2 addon. fun, anyone? ;)

  2. maxpower
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    maxpower Canada »
    replied, on 19/Apr/06 at 7:50 am # :

    I’d like to read more. Are there any references or how to’s?

  3. Ozh
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    Ozh France »
    thought, on 19/Apr/06 at 11:09 am # :

    maxpower » oops, I forgot the link. Updated, you’ll probably find more details there now.

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