Subj : bots // Adobe After Effec
To   : MRO
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Mon Jul 04 2022 08:56:00

>  >  > So it seems like someone wrote a script for synchronet bbses so they
>  >  > can have a bot apply and login on the web interface and then post in the
>  >  > msg subs.
>  >
>  > Yup, spammers have been doing that for years.
>  >

> well i havent seen them really create an account on the web and then post.  di
> they do that with runmaster's web?

The ones that did it here initially created an account via telnet or SSH.
They even left an intelligible message to the sysop.  I am not sure which
interface the bot used (probably the web).

I changed the new user access level to a number less than the level
required to access echoes.  Now if they try it, they at least don't get
automatic access to post beyond local areas.

AFAICT, that is the only current way to fix it.  I think there *might be*
an add-on that uses some sort of CAPTCHA to prevent bots from creating
accounts.  Seems like I have seen Daryl Stout talking about it before.


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