[clue-tech] SPAM trap

[Bob Meetin]

Thanks to all,

I have already de-spamitized my forms (without Captcha). I am capturing the IP addresses. What I would like to do if possible is to track the IP back to a 
country.  If it originated in Timbuktu, then I would like to take a stab at a generalization. Folks living in Timbuktu really don't need the services of a local 
car mechanic, dentist, whatever.  Since a spammer's IP address may change if DHCP, is it reasonable to block anything from submitting that comes from the root?

If 200.199.198.01 is a spammer and originates in Timbuktu
Will anything coming from 200.199.198 be coming from the same locale, same country?  If so then the sub-address (net or whatever) gets added to the deny list.

The other thing, whether worthwhile or not, as I collect these IPs I hope to get around to reporting them to the internet spam police, whomever that is.

-Bob


Greg Knaddison wrote:
> I think Jed answered most of the questions.  One further idea:
> 
> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Jed S. Baer <cluemail at jbaer.cotse.net> wrote:
>> Well, also in PHP, you can do a DNS lookup, using an RBL as your
>> nameserver, though things like spamhaus and spamcop are for e-mail spam.
>> Don't know of a similar service that looks at typical culprits for
>> spambotting web-based forms.
> 
> Project Honey Pot has a good list of "bad IPs"
> 
> http://www.projecthoneypot.org/index.php
> 
> Regards,
> Greg
> 


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