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(Message started by: Fritzlein on Feb 3rd, 2011, 9:29am)
Title: Web crawler creating accounts?
Post by Fritzlein on Feb 3rd, 2011, 9:29am
Omar, from looking at the New Players page it seems apparent that some automated process is creating new accounts, particularly for the country code "Congo-Brazzaville".  Is there some way to block robot account creation without hindering legitimate users?  Those junk accounts make the New Players page semi-annoying to read.
Title: Re: Web crawler creating accounts?
Post by ddyer on Feb 3rd, 2011, 10:33pm
I had this problem at Boardspace, which I eventually solved by embedding a timestamp in the registration form, and
rejecting forms with a stale timestamp.
Title: Re: Web crawler creating accounts?
Post by omar on Feb 5th, 2011, 3:00pm

on 02/03/11 at 22:33:26, ddyer wrote:
I had this problem at Boardspace, which I eventually solved by embedding a timestamp in the registration form, and
rejecting forms with a stale timestamp.


But if the bot submits the form right away, it would pass the check, right?
Title: Re: Web crawler creating accounts?
Post by Eltripas on Feb 5th, 2011, 9:22pm
Maybe a captcha?
Title: Re: Web crawler creating accounts?
Post by ddyer on Feb 6th, 2011, 12:33am

on 02/05/11 at 15:00:03, omar wrote:
But if the bot submits the form right away, it would pass the check, right?


There are ways around that.


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