[Bug web/72856] Trottle bug creation for newly created accounts (to limit spam)

redi at gcc dot gnu.org gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Mon Aug 15 19:56:00 GMT 2016


https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72856

--- Comment #9 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Frank Ch. Eigler from comment #6)
> Per-account rate limits seem so easy to overcome, with spammers already
> creating numerous verified junk accounts with ease.

They're using a new account for every bug today, because I'm closing the bugs
as spam as soon as they create them. It isn't stopping them.

> I would suggest focusing on spam-prevention content analysis (spamassassin
> style), and post-spam cleanup (blacklisting, history editing, bug hiding?)
> efforts.

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