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From: thelma@×××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv4 broken beyond repair
Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 21:20:37
Message-Id: 9fc0201c-67fd-b563-3bc8-e0837c5821ee@sys-concept.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv4 broken beyond repair by tastytea
1 On 5/20/21 1:29 PM, tastytea wrote:
2 > On 2021-05-20 11:20-0600 thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
3 >
4 >> It seems to me IPv4 is broken beyond repair.
5 >> I'm trying to block spammers but they rewrite the source IP (that is not
6 >> checked) so it is impossible to block them. Example below is from a
7 >> single source:
8 >>
9 >> 189.142.216.209 - - [20/May/2021:09:49:29 -0600] "GET /contact_us.php
10 >> HTTP/1.0" 200 25552 82.79.97.137 - - [20/May/2021:09:49:31 -0600]
11 >> "GET /vvc_display.php?vvc= HTTP/1.0" 200 4149 202.138.252.59 - -
12 >> [20/May/2021:09:49:33 -0600] "POST /contact_us.php?action=send
13 >> HTTP/1.0" 302 13 91.235.177.140 - - [20/May/2021:09:49:35 -0600] "GET
14 >> /contact_us.php?action=success HTTP/1.0" 200 24031 41.82.36.214 - -
15 >> [20/May/2021:09:49:37 -0600] "GET /contact_us.php HTTP/1.0" 200 25725
16 >
17 > As long as the website is find-able by search engines, it doesn't
18 > matter if it is IPv4 or IPv6.
19 > A good measure against non-targeted spam is a hidden input field with
20 > the name “url”. If the bot put anything in that field, throw it out.
21 > Simple math captchas (like “what is 2 + 3?”) work well too.
22 > If the spam is targeted, you'll probably need a more advanced captcha
23 > solution.
24 >
25 > See also:
26 > <https://nearcyan.com/you-probably-dont-need-recaptcha/>
27 > <https://www.nfriedly.com/techblog/2009/11/how-to-build-a-spam-free-contact-forms-without-captchas/>
28 >
29 > Kind regards, tastytea
30 >
31
32 Simple math captchas might work, but I have to find out how to implement it into current php e-mail form.

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Re: [gentoo-user] IPv4 broken beyond repair Stefan Schmiedl <s@×××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] IPv4 broken beyond repair Hund <lists_gentoo@×××××××××××.se>