Pretty stupid for a smart guy...

# re: Trackback spammers on the loose, killing blogs 6/28/2005 10:10 AM Brian Scott

Scott posted an IpBlockingModule a while back and Ryan implemented it at the Dojo. It cut way back on the comment and trackback spam. I've only gotten one this year and that IP was promptly added to the list. Ryan would probably share his Ip list with you, since it seems a majority of them come from a few Ips, this may work for you too.

I'm also using it on my sites to block Ip's that repeatly hit the server looking for vulnerabilities.

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AnIPAddressBlockingHttpModuleForASPNETIn9Minutes.aspx

Line 67 of his code should actually be: line = line.Trim();

Brian D also just released his code for a Regex trackback spam blocking solution.

http://briandela.com/blog/archive/2005/06/28/606.aspx

His solution does modify some of the .Text files though. I've been looking at it and I think I almost have it modified into a standalone HttpModule.

# re: Trackback spammers on the loose, killing blogs 6/28/2005 10:44 AM Brian Delahunty

Hey Eric,

I have thrown together a simple to implement solution for Trackback Spam on .Text. You can have a look at it here: http://briandela.com/blog/archive/2005/06/17/500.aspx

The source is available here: http://briandela.com/blog/archive/2005/06/28/606.aspx

I'm also going to post a version later on tonight that doesn't require any modifications to .Text itself. Just a simply HttpModule solution.

Brian

# re: Trackback spammers on the loose, killing blogs 6/28/2005 11:52 AM Eric G. Harrison

Hey guys, thanks for the posts. I'll take a look tonight... - Eric.

# re: Trackback spammers on the loose, killing blogs 6/30/2005 5:38 AM Brian Delahunty

Hi Eric,

I posted a HttpModule based trackback spam blocker solution on my blog if you are interested:
http://briandela.com/blog/archive/2005/06/29/652.aspx