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Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at January 20, 2005 12:02 AM

4 I'm guessing some Munuvian stole it...


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5 Yeah.

Is it urgent, or can it wait a day? I'll be working until late today and probably won't be able to get to it.

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6 Aha! I found my stick and hit the server a few times, so Fantastico is working again.

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Google has launched an anti-spammer initiative with the "nofollow" anchor tag reference. MT details here. Can we implement this wonderful little doohicky here in Munuviana?

Posted by: Jim at 02:37 PM | Comments (8) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I have noticed some differences in blogrolls throughout mu.nu, for example my url is CombatArms.mu.nu but my site name is SlagleRock's Slaughterhouse. On the majority of Mu.Nu blogrolls I appear as combat arms, but on some I appear as SlagleRock's Slaughterhouse. I have also noticed some others that appear the same way Delftsman/Emigre With a Digital Clue Bat etc.

Is this something that the individual bloggers are doing or is there some way to standardize it?

SlagleRock Out!

Posted by: SlagleRock at 11:09 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 There are several ways Munuvians are doing their blogrolls, including a few who do theirs manually. As Susie says, "consistancy is for wimps".

Posted by: Ted @ at January 17, 2005 11:19 PM

2 I do mine manually and have you listed as "Combat Arms". Do you have a pref? Lemme know, I'll be happy to change it next time I forage into my template!

Posted by: Tuning Spork @ at January 18, 2005 03:16 AM

3 Actually, Ted, Pixy said it first--I just embraced it as my motto...

Posted by: Susie @ at January 18, 2005 10:09 PM

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Now that Technorati is making use of tags, you may want to use them on each post. I have them used on my posts by using the categories - here's the code you need to add

<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/<$MTEntryCategory$>" rel="<$MTEntryCategory$>">Related Links</a>

Posted by: Daniel at 07:49 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 No, we don't have PerlScript installed. The problem with it is that if you get it wrong, you could screw up other people's blogs too.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at January 17, 2005 09:19 PM

2 Ah. So I guess my way is the best!

Posted by: Daniel @ at January 17, 2005 09:31 PM

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Have you seen this? I think they're really cool. If you could get a free license, would you consider getting one for Munuviana?

Posted by: David Boxenhorn at 10:42 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I've noticed that all the MuNu blogs (in the interest of personal style of course) display the blogroll differently. I just switched to a pull-down munu to make the sidebar a bit more minimalistic;-)

I'm not familiar with all the blogs...and don't know how many I'm missing to update the list in the "Thingies Pull-Down Menu" entry. Does anyone have a current script for the pull-down menu that I can paste into my blogroll? Once I get current, then I will update manually of course.

Posted by: Sadie at 11:53 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I'm testing a new PDA blogging tool that's compatible with Movable Type and during the setup it's asking for the "CGI-BIN Path" among other things. The FAQ is quite helpful, but directs me to the admin pages of MT, which I don't have access to. So some questions, maybe y'all can help or offer ideas.

1. Our web server would be "blog.mu.nu", correct?

2. Does each blog have it's own CGI-BIN Path, or do we all share one?

3. Either way, what's it called?

Thanks,
Ted (aka Rocket Jones).

Posted by: Ted at 02:01 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I just got an interesting piece of comment spam. I believe it is designed as a fishing expedition. Once you respond they know that their garbage is getting through. The text of the comment reads

Hi, it's really good weblog, where do You get blogengine?

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 02:11 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Ummm, what's up with MT Blacklist not allowing trackbacks (on occasion)?

Posted by: Rae at 10:26 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

So, this whole Gravatar thing really looks cool, but ummm, me getting the info pasted into my blog properly? Start laughing.

Help anyone?

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Posted by: Rae at 01:40 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 I'll need to install the plugin first. Let me take a look.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at January 10, 2005 03:21 AM

2 Why thank you so much, PapaPixy.

Posted by: Rae @ at January 10, 2005 03:38 AM

3 I was actually thinking of installing it before, but I wasn't sure if anyone would use it. Since people are interested, and it looks pretty easy to do, I'll go ahead.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at January 10, 2005 06:35 AM

4 Thanks, Pixy, and if possible, ummm, tell me, what do I do now? As in, how do I install, which one, etc?

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Posted by: Jamie Lee @ at January 19, 2005 09:19 AM

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I've updated the firewall on the Munuserver.

It should be allowing all the usual stuff to get through, but if anything has suddenly stopped working, let me know.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:39 AM | Comments (13) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

The Six Apart team put together a guide to fighting comment spam; Joe at Winds of Change has even more ideas on the topic. Personally the shutting old comments after 30 days approach has worked wonders, but at a cost of missing legitimate comments. Joe has the ultimate solution:

Personally, I'm surprised all that in-your-face porn, drugs, etc. hasn't yet been declared "un-Islamic" and a fatwa issued for the deaths of those involved. It would be the best publicity Osama et. al. could ever hope for, and a problem caused by a small circle of bad actors would be very susceptible to this solution.

Posted by: Simon at 04:44 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Sorry about the comments, folks. Bad case of brain-fade on my part. I need a holiday.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 03:06 AM | Comments (8) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

I'm trying to figure out how to script a way to have different avatars or little pictures show up on the main page of my blog. Example:

If I post Milo is next to my name.

If someone else posts maybe Opus would appear. Right now I have straight HTML on my end notes.

The script would select based on the author name of the poster. Anyone familiar with a plugin or coding that would do this?

Posted by: Nick Queen at 06:56 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

How do I set up a new weblog? For a variety of reasons, I plan to take down my old one and I'd like to start something new. The login page says I can create one there, but I didn't see how.

Dave

Posted by: Dave at 09:41 PM | Comments (9) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Okay, we were suffering some serious packet loss there for an hour or so. Just as a change from the incessant spam, crap floods, and hacking attempts.

Bah.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:57 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 That would explain it. So, how does one find lost packets? Is it anything like airlines locating lost luggage?

Posted by: Susie @ at January 03, 2005 03:08 AM

2 No, we actually have a ghost of a chance finding the lost packets

Posted by: Nick Queen @ at January 03, 2005 04:12 AM

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BTW, I don't know if this helps, but the IP of my latest mega-spammer is:

69.50.175.146

If we can ban that, it would help enormously. (He/she uses lots of different actual addresses and names.)

I'm also more than willing to upgrade to the new MT to slow these sons of bitches down, for what that's worth.

Posted by: Attila at 01:21 AM | Comments (13) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

It's clear that comment spam and crapflooding have become such a problem at MuNu that they're interfering with Munuvians' ability to enjoy their blogs.

One of the challenges at Munu is that, because we are all connected under one MT install, changes or problems generated on one blog can cause difficulties or vulnerabilities for everyone else at the same time. In addition, we also have users of a wide range of experience, from almost none to Pixy-God.

However! This interconnected community can also be used to the advantage of all Munuvians if we choose to work with the situation, instead of against it.

What we need:

A way for those without the ability to manage comment spam on their blogs (whether due to lack of experience or time) to have it taken care of for them, while allowing those with expertise to do so for themselves, and to assist others if they choose.

My suggestion:

Set up a SpamControl Blog for MuNu. A group of experienced volunteers (preferably from a range of time-zones) can then be given the username and login info* for SpamControl.

Any Munuvian who wants to have spam control and Blacklisting handled for them can simply go to that blog to see instructions for how to add SpamControl to the list of authors on their own site, thereby giving SpamControl the ability to monitor, Blacklist, and clean spam from their site. They can also post comments there alerting SpamControl to unusual spam problems on their site, so volunteers can find and deal with them quickly.

(Pixy, I realise you've been doing this sort of thing already, but it's gotta be a Herculean task, & I think it's time you got some help.)

In addition, this blog would be a place for Munuvians to go to request that an authorised server administrator (probable just Pixy and 1 or 2 designates) use MTClose-2 to close (or open) old comments/trackbacks on their blog after an individually specified number of days.**

Lastly, Pixy, could you install this Close Comments plugin? It would provide those who are comfortable editing their templates the ability to close old comments themselves for just their blog by inserting a new tag specifying their preferences.

The end result:

Munuvians who need help controlling spam would get it, with neither they nor the helpers having to wade through the unrelated posts here on Munuviana to get timely assistance.

Munuvians who are able to help would be able to do so efficiently.

Munuvians who are experienced in MT can continue to take care of themselves, but with an additional tool.

Feedback/improvements/additions please?

* By having only one author for SpamControl, blogs using the service wouldn't be cluttered with author names for each of the volunteers.

** Controlled simply by uploading the plugin when changes are required, then deleting it afterwards (since leaving it in place would cause the vulnerability Pixy has mentioned previously).

Posted by: PaulT at 11:37 PM | Comments (45) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 What a great idea! And the close comments scripty thingy would be a welcome addition to the toolbelt ;-)

Posted by: Gir @ at December 29, 2004 06:42 AM

2 I'll install that plugin - it looks like a nice simple one.

The other thing we can do is move to MT3, which does handle this stuff a lot better. Unfortunately, there are still a few odd wrinkles in MT3, so I'm not about to force anyone off the existing version which is otherwise working fine.

The really annoying thing is we've mostly got spam under control now - and along come the crapflooders, who aren't looking to make money, but only to cause trouble. Evil tiny-minded vandals, who should be shipped off to Antarctica to work in the crushed ice mines for a few hundred years. Grrr!

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at December 29, 2004 12:48 PM

3 Is there an easy way to handle the crap-flooders?

Blacklist works well enough for me (except for last week when I inadvertantly blacklisted aol.com -- I fixed it though), the crap-flooders are what drives me nuts.

At least I've figured out that they tend to flood in groups of four or five posts, so closing comments to those threads tends to fix 'em for the short term. I'm also noticing that they are coming in from IPs tied to domestic cable internet providers (primarily Cox, Comcrap & Verizon).

I don't want to block those providers by any stretch of the imagination, but is there a way to work with those providers to police their users?

Posted by: mhking @ at December 29, 2004 01:58 PM

4 I'll volunteer. I'm Am. EST and I'm POed by the crapflood. I was taken off the net for 3 to 4 days and received a good 450 spam comments. Anything to kick back at them would be great. I'd suggest the move to MT 3.X asap though, and then setting up Typekey. Simple and easy.

The crapflood is actually an attempt I feel to fill up MT Blacklist with junk domains and then deluge us with accurate ones that we can't easily block. Kinda clever.

Posted by: Nick Queen @ at December 29, 2004 10:35 PM

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Posted by: Madfish Willie @ at December 30, 2004 01:35 AM

6 Gir: Yea, we need all the tools we can get our mitts on.

Pixy: Glad you think the plugin'll work, for those still on 2.6. I'm going to send along a couple of others - one in particular that improves dramatically on the lame (broken) comment throttle in 2.6. You'll need to evaluate it, but it looks like it could be a major help with the crapflooding. Just not sure if it might be a problem given the hundreds of blogs on MuNu.

It would be great to get everybody over to 3.1, but knowing that's going to take some time, (and as you say, many are happy with 2.6) it would be great to give those folks some options. Also, the SpamControl blog would still be useful for helping those on 3.1 who don't have the background in handling the Blacklist. Would you be comfortable with the procedure I laid out for the SpamControl Blog?

Michael: The reason you're seeing so much crap from the domestic cable internet providers, is because the vast majority of this crap is generated from 'innocent' users' computers that have been infected by trojans and controlled for use by the spammers. The always-on nature and network architecture of cable makes infection easy, and provides lots of bandwidth to spew this shit at others. Yet another reason to insure one's computer is clean!

Nick: Glad you're willing. I'm suggesting this'cause I'm PO's at the bastards getting any satisfaction out of the mess too. I'm sure Pixy'll let you know if he decides this is worth setting up.

I'm afraid I'm not a big fan of TypeKey, although Pixy's willingness to set up a local server for authentication helps somewhat. Unfortunately, the vast majority of casual readers to blogs simply won't bother with TypeKey... they just won't comment. Maybe it 'shouldn't' be that way, but it is. And even worse, TypeKey has already been compromised to use for spamming. It's nature allows it to react faster to banning, but the spammers can just continue to register new accounts as they get blacklisted. It's another version of the arms race, it seems to me.

I suspect you're right about the Blacklist hammering purpose of the crapflooders.

Madfish: Go get 'em! Sic 'em!

Hopefully others will weigh in with what they think of this idea too.

Paul

Posted by: Light & Dark @ at December 30, 2004 01:39 AM

7 I'm fine with it so long as it doesn't affect anything I have to do. I get less than one unwanted spam/crap comment a week, so I'm fine the way I am. Could do with some more real comments,though.

If all else fails, I still kinda like the idea of a password field, so long as the password is obvious. Like:

PASSWORD
Type the password in the field below. The password is qwerty. Type qwerty here:
[__________]

This lets every actual person in, but foils the spambots. Still don't know if it's possible though...

Posted by: Tuning Spork @ at December 30, 2004 02:22 AM

8 Spork:

That's the beauty of this proposal. Those who can handle the care and feeding of MT won't see any effect at all, aside from having another weapon in their arsenal, should they decide they need it.

Posted by: Light & Dark @ at December 30, 2004 09:07 AM

9 Yes! I really want a system wherein they can comment, as long as they can re-type the letters, numbers, or words they see in the little box, and prove themselves not a spambot.

I'm at the techno-ignorant end of the scale, but I'm willing to learn whatever I need to: most attacks affect 5-30 posts, but I had one that infested hundreds. I'm disgusted and discouraged.

Posted by: Attila Girl @ at December 30, 2004 11:25 AM

10 I'll second Attila Girl--I'm not very web-savvy either, but whatever it takes to stop these jokers, I'd love to do. I'm teachable. And, Pixy, how does one sign up for MT 3.1?

Posted by: ilyka @ at December 30, 2004 09:32 PM

11 Just testing a new anti-crap weapon.

No... Bit too effective.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at December 30, 2004 11:57 PM

12 I'm generally in favour of all of these suggestions.

I've also just put in a crap detector (a verion of MT Blacklist that I hacked up) which should help a lot.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at December 31, 2004 02:05 AM

13 I've installed the Close Comments plugin now...

Works, too.

Posted by: Pixy Misa @ at December 31, 2004 02:21 AM

14 Seeing as how I just got pounded in the, um, blog by over 214 of these pieces of crap, I'm in for whatever the group decides.

Also, any help getting the Close Comments plugin installed would be appreciated. I'm going to try and close comments for everything now.

Posted by: Howard @ at December 31, 2004 08:38 PM

15 I've installed the plug-in now, and so far, so good: they like to attack relatively old posts, and these shouldn't be available to 'em any more.

Seriously: it's been two days or so, and no new attacks.

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In my tireless, neverending quest to prove just how dangerous a little bit of knowledge can be, I've gone and cocked up my site. My original intent was to copy the Sqaush default template. Instad, in my efforts, I seem to have created an abomination.

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