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From: "Toralf Förster" <toralf@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Anti-spam for goose
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 20:07:23
Message-Id: da5c8d96-a04c-3821-ca08-a4ff892f9214@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Anti-spam for goose by "Michał Górny"
1 On 5/21/20 11:43 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Thu, 2020-05-21 at 11:17 +0200, Toralf Förster wrote:
3 >> On 5/21/20 10:47 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
4 >>> TL;DR: I'm looking for opinions on how to protect goose from spam,
5 >>> i.e. mass fake submissions.
6 >>>
7 >>
8 >> I'd combine IP-limits with proof-of-work.
9 >> CAPTCHA should be the very last option IMO.
10 >>
11 >
12 > To be honest, I don't see the point for proof-of-work if we have IP
13 > limits.
14 >
15
16 The POW has to be made for every submission and should (somehow) include the IP-address.
17 So you have 2 barriers. None of both is perfect but their combination is expensive.
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20 Toralf
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Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Anti-spam for goose "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>