[WikiEN-l] Re: Viability of the open model

Thu Jun 17 22:57:25 UTC 2004

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:13:09 -0600, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote:
>We are in panic mode from the Vandalbot. But it can easily be defeated with
>a few software changes. It creates a new user, then trashes, then creates a
>new user, then trashes. What is needed is a bit of software that prevents
>trashing an article by a new user. A real new user will not need to be
>moving or blanking pages anyway. They are busy learning how to use the
>system. 

Some web login systems oblige a user to type in some letters or 
numbers from a graphic which is designed to be readable by a human 
but not by a program. In this way, programs that attempt to 
automate registration can be defeated.

>(I actually don't know exactly what Wik's bot does)

Me neither.

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