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March 17, 2006
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Spammer problems
Perry de Havilland (London)  Administrative

Comments may be unavailable for a while as we are getting hammered by spammers and are working to adjust our defences to keep them out.

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"hammered by spammers"?

You mean spammered?


Posted by Keith at March 18, 2006 12:23 AM

Perry.............(Spross of Ross or Piers?....curious): Can you identify the spammers? If so, whom might they be & is there a pattern? If there is a pattern, what, in your opinion, are the implications?


Posted by permanent expat at March 18, 2006 12:27 AM

Best of luck, Perry.


Posted by Matt O'Halloran at March 18, 2006 12:46 PM

GoD:blog was hit last night by spammers we had to add another piece of anti-spamming tech to end the tide. It seems to come in waves and mostly at the weekends.


Posted by Andrew Ian Dodge at March 18, 2006 05:05 PM

I was reading a blog a few weeks ago that detailed how Islamofascists are employing "cyber-terrorism" against websites they deem offensive, like say any site that published or supported the publication of the "satanic cartoons". These were mostly DOS attacks, but seems that spam would be just as effective.


Posted by Uain at March 18, 2006 08:30 PM
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