Voldemort attacks wiki

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Lobster · #46 Post by **Lobster** » Sun 22 Jul 2007, 13:50

Just reverted "UsabilityIssues"

Wiki under attack . . . Death Eaters, spammers, unregistered users suspected . . .

Protect the women and muggles

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/RecentChanges

raffy · #47 Post by **raffy** » Mon 23 Jul 2007, 08:36

Lobster, can you set the access so that only registered users can post in the wiki? (if not, then I have to do it in the config file.)

Lobster · #48 Post by **Lobster** » Mon 23 Jul 2007, 09:30

No

I have limited powers (and no cape)
You will have to set it raffy if possible

The problem is the wiki attacks are getting more frequent (they used to be about once a month and were easy to cope with)

raffy · #49 Post by **raffy** » Mon 23 Jul 2007, 11:04

The access control (ACL) in the config is correct - write and comments by registered users only. I wonder if some pages had revised ACLs from the past.

Lobster · #50 Post by **Lobster** » Mon 23 Jul 2007, 15:09

I can change the ACL's manually - I did this with the breached sites and reverted them

John Doe · #51 Post by **John Doe** » Tue 24 Jul 2007, 00:27

I don't own my page anymore

http://www.puppylinux.org/wikka/ShellScriptsExamples

Lobster · #52 Post by **Lobster** » Tue 24 Jul 2007, 00:49

You do again
just changed it

(had to change for some reason due to recent attack - changed back again)

Any other pages I own you also want (or anyone wants) please ask

It is a while since I have put any of my pages in public ownership (no owner) because of any registered spammers

So anyone seeing public pages, please take ownership

Also any pages that are combined leaving a spare page
I can delete the superflous page

John Doe · #53 Post by **John Doe** » Tue 24 Jul 2007, 07:04

thanks.

Lobster wrote:Any other pages I own you...

only have one and leave all others alone. the one i have is just my notes. figured rather than keeping them locally i'd try to share them.

thanks for the help.

Lobster · #54 Post by **Lobster** » Wed 25 Jul 2007, 02:05

raffy

here is some potential code for blocking the spam
http://wikkawiki.org/SpamBlacklist

Lobster · #55 Post by **Lobster** » Fri 19 Oct 2007, 06:36

An unregistered user
thaisimobiliaria34.static.gvt.net.br

placed some nonsense word on top of this page
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/ConvertingFormats

(I deleted the word) - check out page history if you are interested
The word is used as a locating beacon for a future spam attack by spam bots

Keep an eye out for this behaviour

raffy · #56 Post by **raffy** » Fri 19 Oct 2007, 07:04

Yeah, I wonder why unregistered users can make an edit. Probably, the wiki needs checking of page ACL (some pages that escaped scrutiny in the past).

Lobster · #57 Post by **Lobster** » Fri 19 Oct 2007, 07:17

this can be done from the SQL database - which you have access to Raffy

I think there is a ACL section and then click on Browse - something like that . . .

also the following pages will be locked page index and comments as there is no reason to edit the
but I have seen spammers edit them to cover their tracks

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PageIndex
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/RecentlyCommented

as these are often targeted (so you can not see what is happened - I will go and do that now - should be able to . . .

I have loosened ACL's for this page TalkingStickIdeas
but if the death eaters strike, then it will be tightened again . . .

raffy · #58 Post by **raffy** » Fri 19 Oct 2007, 08:30

Thanks, Lobster. I did a quick check and some pages can be commented by the public (*). Will have to set these to "registered-users only" (+).

Lobster · #59 Post by **Lobster** » Mon 29 Nov 2010, 11:39

Will have to set these to "registered-users only" (+).

May have to do it again
Several pages have been attacked with spurious comments. This is normally the precursor for a deluge.

I will go through them and delete but that is normally the trigger for more . . .

raffy · #60 Post by **raffy** » Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:56

I have reset the default comment ACL to registered users only. Admins, please take note. Thanks.

Lobster · #61 Post by **Lobster** » Tue 10 May 2011, 06:31

Are the death eaters back?
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/

error message

Code: Select all

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot find save handler file in /mnt/r0218/d44/s14/b0312cdf/www/puppylinux.org/wikka/wikka.php on line 339

Now might be a good time to upgrade to the latest wikka version?

This forum also seems under attack from the commercial wing of the Dementors . . .
Expelliarmus

Lobster · #62 Post by **Lobster** » Tue 10 May 2011, 08:57

That Expelliarmus spell seems to have done the trick - wiki is back
Spam Dementors should be sent back to azkaban shortly (in a Flash one might say) . . .

http://youtu.be/IfQjyLJL7ZM

Iguleder · #63 Post by **Iguleder** » Tue 10 May 2011, 11:11

My vote goes to DokuWiki, the best wiki for documentation

(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Voldemort attacks wiki

Wiki wacked

only registered users can post?

correct ACL

Demontors stirring . . .

unregistered

some comments open to the public

users only