FrontPage Guestlog Security

[Trish]

How can I add some sort of security / required log in to those who post to my
guest log? I am getting spammers adding undesirable links and spam to my log
and I want to prevent them from doing so.

 

[David Berry]

Put it in a password protected sub web. But then you'd need a way to let
the users know the user name and password and the spammers would see that if
it was posted on the site. The same would be true if you set up a
registration page. The spammers could just register for access.

 

[Trish]

So is there a way for a person to have to sign in with their return email??
SO that they have to leave who they are so we can trace the message back?
SHould Iset this up some other way in order to do this?

Thanks!
Trish

 

[Tom Willett]

If there were a way for a person to sign in using an email address, all they
would have to do is put a false email address. Then, how could you track
them?

Spammers don't use real email addresses.
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| So is there a way for a person to have to sign in with their return
email??
| SO that they have to leave who they are so we can trace the message back?
| SHould Iset this up some other way in order to do this?
|
| Thanks!
| Trish
|
| "David Berry" wrote:
|
| > Put it in a password protected sub web. But then you'd need a way to
let
| > the users know the user name and password and the spammers would see
that if
| > it was posted on the site. The same would be true if you set up a
| > registration page. The spammers could just register for access.
| >
| >
| > | > > How can I add some sort of security / required log in to those who
post to
| > > my
| > > guest log? I am getting spammers adding undesirable links and spam to
my
| > > log
| > > and I want to prevent them from doing so.
| >
| >
| >

 

[Trevor L.]

How can I add some sort of security / required log in to those who
post to my guest log? I am getting spammers adding undesirable links
and spam to my log and I want to prevent them from doing so.

One way that I have tried is to use captcha

The reference is http://www.captcha.net/

On the guestbook on my site below, I have used a captcha image, but to save
processing time, it is not generated every visit. (It can be altered from
time to time.)

I can post the code, but it does require a few files:
One to request the password
One to input the guestbook entry
One to add the entry to the DB

There is also other code to prevent persons getting in by entering the name
of the guestbook update form, which is in fact:
http://trevorl.mvps.org/add_form.asp

Provided nothing has broken, trying to navigate to this URL in your browser
should generate the message:
You Should Not Be Here