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Discussion of general topics related to the new release and its place in the world. Don't discuss new features, report bugs, ask for support, et cetera. Don't use this to spam for other boards or attack those boards!
jumborex wrote:
I must say that the little board with my phpBB 3 test has not (yet) been visited by spammers.
Reason is (I guess) that I never talked of this test reporting the internet address.
But I would like to share one experience that I cannot exactly understand: I have set a different test board phpBB version 2, featuring the famous (or notorious ???) MOD Anti Bot Question. Apparently is really difficult to enter with automatic systems: you must answer correctly to an always changing quiz.
For my special needs I used what is called a Rebus: 5 of them really! One small image, some letters over objects, and you have to extract from this operation a phrase. More, the result was in Italian! 8O More: the Rebusses were easy, but not too much easy!
Do you know? Some people from Russia (according the data), or from USA could enter the anti spam the same. I cannot imagine how! 8O 8O 8O
couldn't they just use a translator to get in? that's what I would try.
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jumborex wrote:
[...] For my special needs I used what is called a Rebus: 5 of them really! One small image, some letters over objects, and you have to extract from this operation a phrase. More, the result was in Italian! 8O More: the Rebusses were easy, but not too much easy!
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couldn't they just use a translator to get in? that's what I would try.
Really? Possibly I've not been detailed enough: it's difficult to explain to people not living in Italy.
Imagine this:
jumborex wrote:
Really? Possibly I've not been detailed enough: it's difficult to explain to people not living in Italy.
Imagine this: Frase: 5, 7, 1, 7
Imagine how to obtain the correct phrase... if you are not Italian, and you do not know a bit of rebus...
Yea, I have no idea what the awnser would be. If its some italian "in" then you severly limit your internationalization. And only 5 of them? Forget it, the spammer can just get awnsers to the 5 and be set for life.
Does having full SSL encryption for website help reducing Spambot?
Essentially, I am worried about people copying stuffs from my phpBB (well, part of my phpBB is paid contribution).
Its usually not possible to prevent fully, but at least make it little bit tough/resource consuming on part of copyright violaters. Can someone give some suggestions