#2821 closed defect (bug) (fixed)
RBL used for comment spam check gone
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 2.1 |
| Component: | General | Version: | 2.0.3 |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | comment spam rbl bg|has-patch bg|2nd-opinion |
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Description
In WP 2.0.3, there is an option to check for open proxies. This is implemented with an RBL check at opm.blitzed.org. However, this RBL is now gone: http://lists.blitzed.org/pipermail/opm-announce/2006q2.txt
Blitzed should be replaced. I suggest spamhaus: sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
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Change History (13)
comment:2
evilzenscientist — 7 years ago
- Keywords bg|has-patch bg|2nd-opinion added
- Version changed from 2.0.2 to 2.0.3
I've created 2 patches for this.
One based on 2.0.3, which just replaces the old opm.blitzed.org to the suggested sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org.
The second one is based on trunk and utilizes a new option called open_proxy_check_url, which contains sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org by default. This allows plug-ins to change this value if needed, without having to wait for a new official release.
Maybe the second option could also be used for the 2.0.4 release, but I'm not entirely comfortable in changing this behaviour in a bug-fix release. What do you guys think?
- Milestone changed from 2.0.4 to 2.1
The first patch sounds good, and maybe we should change this to be off by default.
comment:5
markjaquith — 7 years ago
+1 for off by default
Off by default: as sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org lists quite some hosts, there is some risk of false positives. Therefor: +1 for off by default. (And some documentation about it?)
- Owner changed from anonymous to Nazgul
- Status changed from new to assigned
Added 'off by default' patches for both 2.0.x and 2.1. These can be used in addition to the blitzed to spamhaus switch.
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from assigned to closed
Any chance of making this an editable; multi-valued entry?
Obviously some UI impact - so maybe a 2.1 milestone.
Justification for this: