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Author Re: [PHP-NOTES] note 63699 added to language.oop5.autoload
Nuno Lopes

2006-03-28, 6:58 pm

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>
>
> What is the status of these messages?
> Are the IPs actually correct?
> I guess the X-Spam-Status is bogus (always the same).
>
> S


The X-Spam-Status isn't always the same :) its almost the same.. I have
already seen one different :) The spamassassin needs training to be useful
to us.

The IPs are correct. the server IP should belong to a PHP.net mirror and the
probable submiter is the IP that sent the note to the php.net mirror (unless
someone is posting notes directly without using the mirrors).


Nuno
Sean Coates

2006-03-28, 6:58 pm

> The X-Spam-Status isn't always the same :) its almost the same.. I have
> already seen one different :) The spamassassin needs training to be
> useful to us.


Well, that may gain some accuracy, but I stand by my idea that
spamassassin will not work properly for notes because SA is designed to
handle mail (this is obvious when notes fail a test like
"DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER"

> The IPs are correct. the server IP should belong to a PHP.net mirror and
> the probable submiter is the IP that sent the note to the php.net mirror
> (unless someone is posting notes directly without using the mirrors).


Ok.
The reason I asked is because a large number of notes seem to be coming
from RIPE-owned IPs.

I just submitted one, and my ISP showed up.
....

Anyway, what I'm getting at is:
- notes are broken (we already agree on this)
- spammers submit notes from open proxies and zombie machines

Perhaps we could scan submitting IP addresses for open proxies before
accepting a note?

The user would have to consent to this scan.

Thoughts?

S
Nuno Lopes

2006-03-28, 6:58 pm

>> The X-Spam-Status isn't always the same :) its almost the same.. I have
>
> Well, that may gain some accuracy, but I stand by my idea that
> spamassassin will not work properly for notes because SA is designed to
> handle mail (this is obvious when notes fail a test like
> "DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER"


fixing that is easy. we would only need to inject some dummy emails headers.


>
> Ok.
> The reason I asked is because a large number of notes seem to be coming
> from RIPE-owned IPs.


Interesting.. maybe we could report this to them.


> Anyway, what I'm getting at is:
> - notes are broken (we already agree on this)
> - spammers submit notes from open proxies and zombie machines
>
> Perhaps we could scan submitting IP addresses for open proxies before
> accepting a note?
>
> The user would have to consent to this scan.
>
> Thoughts?


How would you do that scan? Currently the entry/user-note.php script checks
with a dns black-list that also includes zombie machines, but most seem that
aren't detected.


Nuno
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