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onykage
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« on: November 25, 2008, 12:43:03 AM »
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I had the same issue a few months ago, I solved it using 3 different captcha images and tell the registrar to pick the one thats different.  With 2 of the images being the same and 1 different and their order being random.

You could also use an Ajax secret token generator.

both work well.

Id be happy to provide you with the php captcha script, its pretty easy to use.  I could if needed always write you a custom tailored anti spam solution if you would like.

either works =)

PS, sorry about this being in the wrong forum, cant pm you, and there is no general topic.  Move to where it belongs if you see fit Wink.
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« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2008, 08:19:59 AM »
I haven't seen anyone register since I enabled recaptcha
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« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2008, 09:16:09 AM »
well,  looks like you got it under control, offer still stands, just pm me if you decide otherwise. =)

ps whats up with the server?  Been getting loads of 500' 504's and 505's lately.
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« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2008, 09:23:23 AM »
Is this spam-bot related or just a coincidence?
There are a lot of the same actions repeated here.
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« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2008, 10:54:37 AM »
Probably web spiders crawling through the pages.
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« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2008, 11:28:30 AM »
wow,

what did you use to pull that log.  Its extremely vague.  If you had a ip list in there I would say that if the repeated signup hits are from the same ip(proxy) that its probable.  But thats also pretty much expected.  There are more spam crawlers then those used for search engines.  Heck I saw a crawler last week that crawled forums & sites for email addresses and phone numbers.  And they wanted it adapted to crawl hotmail, so go figure.
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« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2008, 12:40:02 AM »
Quote from: onykage on December 02, 2008, 11:28:30 AM
wow,

what did you use to pull that log.  Its extremely vague.
It was just a screenshot of the "Who's Online" page.
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« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2008, 12:34:06 AM »
http://openarena.ws/board/index.php?action=who Always some "guest" users...
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« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2008, 08:21:29 AM »
Guests are the least of my worries. I can't do anything about them, unless you want me to play god and censor the internet.
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asking when OA3 will be done won't get OA3 done.
Progress of OA3 currently occurs behind closed doors alone

I do not provide technical support either.

new code development on github
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