Comments on: Link Refererer spamming http://www.jimcarson.com/2004/link-refererer-spamming/ Three standard deviations from the mean Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:44:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Christian http://www.jimcarson.com/2004/link-refererer-spamming/comment-page-1/#comment-1597 Christian Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:03:30 +0000 http://www.jimcarson.com/2004/link-refererer-spamming/#comment-1597 You can rewrite this RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\)?*credit*info*$ [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\)?*debt*info*$ [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\)?*mortgage*info*$ [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\)?*loan*info*$ [NC,OR] into RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\)?*(credit|debt|mortgage|loan)*info*$ [NC,OR] Better yet, use an external textfile for this so you can edit it independently of the configuration. You can rewrite this

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\)?*credit*info*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\)?*debt*info*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\)?*mortgage*info*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\)?*loan*info*$ [NC,OR]

into

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\)?*(credit|debt|mortgage|loan)*info*$ [NC,OR]

Better yet, use an external textfile for this so you can edit it independently of the configuration.

]]> By: jim http://www.jimcarson.com/2004/link-refererer-spamming/comment-page-1/#comment-1596 jim Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:23:02 +0000 http://www.jimcarson.com/2004/link-refererer-spamming/#comment-1596 Added two more to the mix. These phentermine guys are total assholes in the link spamming department with 60 hits in the last few days. RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*deals.*\..*$ [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*phentermine.*\..*$ [NC,OR] Added two more to the mix. These phentermine guys are total assholes in the link spamming department with 60 hits in the last few days.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*deals.*\..*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?.*phentermine.*\..*$ [NC,OR]

]]> By: jim http://www.jimcarson.com/2004/link-refererer-spamming/comment-page-1/#comment-1595 jim Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:20:21 +0000 http://www.jimcarson.com/2004/link-refererer-spamming/#comment-1595 Wow, these guys can create domains faster than I can add them. I just blocked anything referred from domains ending in .info and .biz. While examining the logs further, I see where they were also using spam-bots to post comments to movable type. Thus, if you're a movable type owner, you ought to edit mt.cfg and then rename the scripts. Wow, these guys can create domains faster than I can add them.
I just blocked anything referred from domains ending in .info and .biz.

While examining the logs further, I see where they were also using spam-bots to post comments to movable type. Thus, if you’re a movable type owner, you ought to edit mt.cfg and then rename the scripts.

]]> By: Debbie http://www.jimcarson.com/2004/link-refererer-spamming/comment-page-1/#comment-1594 Debbie Tue, 02 Nov 2004 23:41:07 +0000 http://www.jimcarson.com/2004/link-refererer-spamming/#comment-1594 I keep getting spam from a video poker site - 80 or more "posts" a day since I switched to Wordpress. They've been moderated, so they will never get to see their spam on my website, but it's still aggravating. It makes me wonder who they are trying to appeal to, since they've probably angered the whole blogosphere with their stupid little ads. I keep getting spam from a video poker site – 80 or more “posts” a day since I switched to Wordpress. They’ve been moderated, so they will never get to see their spam on my website, but it’s still aggravating. It makes me wonder who they are trying to appeal to, since they’ve probably angered the whole blogosphere with their stupid little ads.

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