Spam in Web Portals

When allowing guest write in some modules, spammers will probably start to create entries pretty quick (forum etc.)

In Corinis there are two methods to prevent this from happening:

• IP Bans
• Keyword Bans

If you ban an ip, the core module will exit when trying to be opened by a blacklisted ip. The spammer will get a error page or a white page (depending on your setup) and therefore prevented form doing any harm.

The keyword bans disallow certain regexp to be created in modules like forum, guestbook etc. Keyword bans can be:

• ban - the write action will not perform and the ip will be banned from further use
• block - the write action will not perform
• skip - the banned words will not be displayed, the rest will
• blockguest - same as block, but only applies to guest users
• skipguest - same as skip, but only applies to guest users

We will post a link here for default rules you might want to insert into your database.