http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2005/04/11/movable-type-comment-and-trackback-spam-tools/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2005/04/11/movable-type-comment-and-trackback-spam-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-1904 Jay Allen Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:07:22 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2005/04/11/movable-type-comment-and-trackback-spam-tools/#comment-1904 Hey there Geek :-) <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> I have to agree that the spam is bad. We're all affected by it and there's no surefire solution, especially when it comes to something like the most popular downloadable weblogging software on the web. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> You see, spammers attack major weblog systems because they are predictable and the attacks can be scripted easily. It's fairly trivial for a spammer to sit down and figure out the weak points of any open source (as in readable) code. That means that anything that we include in the main code would be routed around in less than 5 minutes. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> That is why the best defense is, and always will be plugins. Through the use of plugins, each installation can be differentiated from each other just enough to make that scripting frustrating at best. When you layer on solutions, as you are doing, you create a solid, almost-unscriptable defense. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Believe me that we at Six Apart care very much about this problem and there are great things in store in many respects (not just anti-spam measures). <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> By the way, the "third-party developer" is actually part of the Movable Type development team and I'm the Product Manager. You may have heard of a little plugin I created? <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Yeah, Six Apart is very motivated to make your life easier in terms of battling spam. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Take care! Hey there Geek

I have to agree that the spam is bad. We’re all affected by it and there’s no surefire solution, especially when it comes to something like the most popular downloadable weblogging software on the web.

You see, spammers attack major weblog systems because they are predictable and the attacks can be scripted easily. It’s fairly trivial for a spammer to sit down and figure out the weak points of any open source (as in readable) code. That means that anything that we include in the main code would be routed around in less than 5 minutes.

That is why the best defense is, and always will be plugins. Through the use of plugins, each installation can be differentiated from each other just enough to make that scripting frustrating at best. When you layer on solutions, as you are doing, you create a solid, almost-unscriptable defense.

Believe me that we at Six Apart care very much about this problem and there are great things in store in many respects (not just anti-spam measures).

By the way, the “third-party developer” is actually part of the Movable Type development team and I’m the Product Manager. You may have heard of a little plugin I created?

Yeah, Six Apart is very motivated to make your life easier in terms of battling spam.

Take care!

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