Periodically, giant waves of comment spam or log-in attempts with incorrect credentials hit this blog. I have my own emergency services that take care of most of them. Those that get through need special treatment: outright blocking of a single IP address or whole blocks of IP … [Read more...] about 2990 Blocked Hits
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New Twist
Oh comment spam! My spam blocker detected and quarantined roughly 80,000 pieces of comment spam over the past 12 months. Before deleting the messages, I usually take a quick look to make sure that no legitimate piece was blocked by mistake. Usually there aren’t any. What I … [Read more...] about New Twist
sə-ˈri-lik
In the past months, my filter software caught 33,000 spam comments (I wish they all would have been interested readers). Of all the comment spam, 99% (if not more) is written in the Cyrillic alphabet. I'm just saying. … [Read more...] about sə-ˈri-lik