Having Fun With Spammers
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On: 2006 / 04 / 18
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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 says:
    2006/04/18 at 11:45 pm

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

  2. maxpower says:
    2006/04/19 at 7:50 am

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

  3. Ozh says:
    2006/04/19 at 11:09 am

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

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