Re: How to stop bot postings to guestlog??

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From: Thomas A. Rowe (tarowe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:03:05 -0500

FYI: .htaccess is not supported/used under Windows IIS. 

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"IP" <IP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:C2ED8BE7-2F73-446F-8B39-6A99035B3B2D@microsoft.com...
>I have been battling the problem on one of my wesites for about a year. It
> doesn't matter if you change the location of the page where guests enter the
> data. Robots from spammers can autolocate them. The best solution I have
> found so far is to use an .htaccess file. This is where you can add IP
> addresses or complete IP block to a deny/allow list. Identify an offending IP
> addres either by a weblog or including the origin IP in the guestbook field.
>
> Here is an example of my most recent list:
>
> <Limit GET POST>
> order allow,deny
> deny from 212.56.
> deny from 212.138
> deny from 213.223.
> deny from 216.229.
> deny from 202.56.227
> deny from 61.
> deny from 203.39.
> deny from 200.168.
> deny from 193.255.
> deny from 80.65.
> deny from 202.153.
> deny from 200.21.
> deny from 203.197.
> deny from 201.14.
> allow from all
> </Limit>
>
> I run an Apache server, but most other popular servers can make
> use of the .htacces file.
> It is a hidden file, and you will have to upload the file with an FTP program.
> The higher up in the website domain you place the file, the most subdomains
> are
> protected.
>
> In some FTP programs you will have to use a switch to be able to see this
> hidden file. For example you will have to enter "-al" in the local/remote
> file mask, which will then enable you to view the files.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> IP
>
> "Kenny Caudill" wrote:
>
>> I'm getting tons of these on my site.  All are viagra ads.  Can anyone
>> suggest any solutions for a non-programmer?
>>
>> I create a guest book for each client and found 3 spam posts in 18 different
>> guestlogs.  I deleted them 2 weeks ago and now there even more.
>>
>> I may have to remove the guestbook option, I hate to have to limit offerings
>> due to spammers!
>>
>> Kenny Caudill
>>
>>
>>
>> "Chris Leeds, MVP-FrontPage" wrote:
>>
>> > TBMK you'd have to use some scripting to test for user agent (browser type)
>> > and deny the page to non-standard (IE, Mozilla, Opera, Safari).
>> > Probably not worth the work.
>> >
>> > I've never seen a post about this on the board before.  can you capture the
>> > IP of the offender with your guest log?  It may be an option in your
>> > properties for that form.
>> >
>> > HTH
>> >
>> > --
>> > Chris Leeds,
>> > Microsoft MVP-FrontPage
>> >
>> > Make More Money with Less Work
>> > Let Your Clients Control Their Content With Just A Browser!
>> > http://contentseed.com/
>> > --
>> > "bradsaxon" <bradsaxon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:D3D550C9-A500-4D79-A6A9-25DC9FF2D22C@microsoft.com...
>> > > I have a website where I have a guestlog in use. There were recently
>> > several
>> > > posts for obvious spam that look to be computer generated. I manually went
>> > > into the guestlog file and deleted the posts, but they came back almost
>> > > immediately. Is there a way I can protect my site against such bot
>> > postings?
>> > > I talked to my hosting company and they said it is application side and
>> > not
>> > > server side.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks in advance for your response.
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >

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