I finally got a capcha installed and running on my blog which means I can finally afford to open comments back up! It was easier than I expected. I was kind of waiting for the blogosphere to get it together so I could examine the best practices available, and I finally got a combination of capcha, blacklist, and security through obscurity that I like. It's not enough to keep my blog completely secure (nothing is, as long as it's open to the public) but it's enough to keep it safe from automated attack. I'm definitely going to keep checking out different mechanisms to figure out how to keep my system safer. I'm seriously considering completely rewriting the front end in flash and wrapping all my data in XML. In the meantime, comment away!
Posted by Barry at February 11, 2005 12:09 AM | TrackbackDamn hippy, going vegan? Shame on you. It won't last, I bet my pension on that.
Posted by: fugitivesenior on February 11, 2005 08:28 PMI'm doing just fine. I actually have made it 12 days already. No booze, meat, dairy, or eggs. Or anything else. I'm dominating. 16 more days until I prepare a feast.
Posted by: Hippie on February 12, 2005 04:58 PMNever mind. The old lady and I broke down and went off the rails tonight. Cheese pizza, mocha, eclair, cheesecake. It was a dairy product holocaust.
Posted by: Ex-hippie on February 12, 2005 09:59 PMbout time the comments are back. good work finding a mostly secure way for us to hassle you.
Posted by: durty mutha luver on February 14, 2005 11:12 AMThis isn't completely secure (nothing really is) but it protects from dumb, brute-force automated scripting attacks. Not bad.
So yes, let the hassling begin.
Posted by: Ex-hippie on February 14, 2005 01:44 PM