Comments on: Deny Comment Spam from open proxies in MovableType http://www.kahunaburger.com/2005/01/13/deny-comment-spam-from-open-proxies-in-movabletype/ home of pia, max, frisco and tobias Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:48:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: IO ERROR http://www.kahunaburger.com/2005/01/13/deny-comment-spam-from-open-proxies-in-movabletype/comment-page-1/#comment-359 IO ERROR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kahunaburger.com/2005/01/13/deny-comment-spam-from-open-proxies-in-movabletype/#comment-359 Be careful with the DSBL. I have gotten so many false positives from it, and complaints from legitimate users, that I ultimately had to remove it from my blacklists. The basic problem with the DSBL is it lists open proxies on dynamic addresses, which then get reassigned to someone else, and it is virtually impossible to get an address removed. They use automated testing against computers to list addresses, but they don't use automated testing to remove addresses; instead, they require the ISP to manually intervene, and they rarely do. Be careful with the DSBL. I have gotten so many false positives from it, and complaints from legitimate users, that I ultimately had to remove it from my blacklists. The basic problem with the DSBL is it lists open proxies on dynamic addresses, which then get reassigned to someone else, and it is virtually impossible to get an address removed.

They use automated testing against computers to list addresses, but they don’t use automated testing to remove addresses; instead, they require the ISP to manually intervene, and they rarely do.

]]> By: Caroline http://www.kahunaburger.com/2005/01/13/deny-comment-spam-from-open-proxies-in-movabletype/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Caroline Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.kahunaburger.com/2005/01/13/deny-comment-spam-from-open-proxies-in-movabletype/#comment-360 Me too I installed DSBL last night and it forces EVERY comment to moderation. I'll be taking it out tonight as soon as I get to where I can FTP into my host. Does this proxyplug work on Windows hosts? I'm stuck with one of those. Thanks! I am so appreciative of all the great work folks are doing to combat this spam problem. Me too I installed DSBL last night and it forces EVERY comment to moderation. I’ll be taking it out tonight as soon as I get to where I can FTP into my host.
Does this proxyplug work on Windows hosts? I’m stuck with one of those.
Thanks! I am so appreciative of all the great work folks are doing to combat this spam problem.

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