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Joel Stud?!
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0.  Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:15 am Post subject: What stops the bots? |
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I've never really noticed any bots on ddr freak, and I've been having problems with these on a forum I run and on a forum I moderate. I've tried a large number of the phpBB modifications and add-ons, but I haven't found a solution that actually works for more than a few days. Is there some big secret I'm missing? What secrets does DDRFreak have that could help me out here.
I know this isn't exactly what this forum is for, but I figured if there was a place to ask, it was here. |
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Phrekwenci
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| 1. Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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We have a security question upon registration.
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VxJasonxV
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Location: Castle Rock, CO |
| 2. Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:27 am Post subject: |
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The best spam protection is the kind that no one else uses.
Spambots flourish because forums are otherwise exactly the same.
Yes, our highly technical, terribly efficient, awesomely secure challenge question, is some of the best spam protection around.
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Zonic
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Location: & you want to know WHHHYYYY?? |
| 3. Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:51 am Post subject: |
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You mean that "What Does DDR Stand For?" question??  |
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VxJasonxV
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| 4. Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about.
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Agent
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| 5. Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, there's always the bots.txt, but it also prevents bots employed by Google from searching the site and Internet Archive from archiving. |
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MeltyKiss
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| 6. Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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God.
If that answer offends you, then Ninjas.
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Edible Bondage Tape
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| 7. Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Agent 24 wrote: | | Well, there's always the bots.txt, but it also prevents bots employed by Google from searching the site and Internet Archive from archiving. |
robots.txt only stops legitimate web spiders the kind that go around making spam accounts woudlnt honor it anyway
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VxJasonxV
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| 8. Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:42 am Post subject: |
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robots.txt only applies to archive-bots, and it's in no way the end all be all. Especially for spambots of all things...
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