Opened 15 years ago

#953 new Defect

Trac registration allows bots to create bogus accounts & spam us

Reported by: icode4u Owned by: davea
Priority: Minor Milestone: Undetermined
Component: Web - Forums Version: 6.6.31
Keywords: trac registration spam Cc:

Description

Trac registration allows bots to create bogus accounts & spam us.

Registering as a new user on Trac (here) allows bots to create bogus accounts, write comments on any bug, and thereby spamming us with advertising for bugs we have subscribed to.

I request that a "prove you're a human" control be added to the BOINC Trac registration page, or an authentication mechanism to prove you have a real email address should be added to the registration process.

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