New user authentication
- Brad R. Torgersen
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New user authentication
So I've changed (again) how new users are able to authenticate, because it's clear that several new users over the last month weren't able to get in. I am hoping the spam gets blocked, but if the spam starts to come back, I'll have to change the process yet again. Fingers crossed.
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Re: New user authentication
And...they're back. The first new user is a bot. Sorry, Brad. 

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Re: New user authentication
Yeah, that bot wasted no time!
Hey, Brad, I'm watching Analog. Sometime soon I expect to read "Brad vs. the Spambots from Mars" in there!
Hey, Brad, I'm watching Analog. Sometime soon I expect to read "Brad vs. the Spambots from Mars" in there!
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Re: New user authentication
Grrrrr, OK, thanks. 

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Re: New user authentication
Okay, I installed a new, very different plugin for authentication. I will be shocked if the spambots can figure this new system out.
Test drive worked very well. I like the new plugin a lot. It makes new users think about things a little bit -- something a spam program shouldn't be able to do.

Test drive worked very well. I like the new plugin a lot. It makes new users think about things a little bit -- something a spam program shouldn't be able to do.

Re: New user authentication
Found another bot... but I'm not sure if it got in before or after you changed the system again.
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Re: New user authentication
The one I see now signed up at 4:21 am (Amsterdam time, which is 8 hours later than Utah time), though it didn't post until a few minutes ago.
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- Brad R. Torgersen
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Re: New user authentication
That one appears to have gotten in before I installed the new authentication plug-in.
We'll see how the weekend goes.
Again, if people have any writing friends they could encourage to test-drive the new system, I'd appreciate it.
We'll see how the weekend goes.
Again, if people have any writing friends they could encourage to test-drive the new system, I'd appreciate it.
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