Tag Archives: spam
Posted on February 4, 2011 by Jason
SWF-Capabilities is a tiny Flash application I wrote which provides a JavaScript API designed so webmasters can utilize Flash’s persistant Local SharedObject (Flash cookies). Better than browser cookies, Flash’s Local SharedObject enable you to store limited amounts of data on a user’s local computer which can then be reaccessed at a later time. SWF-Capabilities can [...]
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Tagged: action, actionscript, adobe, agent, api, array, as3, authorization, authorize, bot, capabilities, capable, comment, comments, cookie, cookies, delete, flash, get, ip, javascript, key, local, match, object, persist, persistent, random, randomize, script, server, serverstring, set, SharedObject, spam, spambot, spammer, string, submit, swf, swfobject, system, unset, user, useragent, valid, validate, validation, verification, verify
Posted on September 27, 2010 by Jason
Automated form submissions can be a real nuisance for website owners. Comment-submitting spam-bots rank up there with the worst of the worst. Those which are designed to attack WordPress websites are particularly intrusive and can overwhelm a blog with spam comments in a millisecond. Recently, I decided to examine more closely the issues of comment [...]
Posted in WordPress | 2 Comments »
Tagged: a better form, attack, attacking, auto, automated, automatic, ban, block, bot, captcha, comment, comments, disable, disabled, does, email, field, form, forms, hack, hacking, how, link, links, plugin, post, quit, robot, secure, security, send, spam, spambot, spammer, stop, submit, website, wordpress, wp-comments-post
Posted on June 20, 2010 by Jason
My website used to be inundated with referrer spam until I wrote a php script to address the problem. Now, referrer spam isn’t a problem anymore. What is referrer spam?
Posted in For What It's Worth, php | 4 Comments »
Tagged: bot, http, referer, referral, referrer, security, spam, stop
Posted on February 27, 2010 by Jason
This tutorial has been converted to a jQuery plugin which you can find here – http://jasonlau.biz/home/a-better-form-a-jquery-plugin Are you trying to figure out how to reduce or eliminate spam on your website email or comment forms? My website was slammed by spammers on a daily basis. Typically, the spam attacks would be from robots that would [...]
Posted in jQuery | No Comments »
Tagged: anti, attack, automate, automated, comment, disable, email, form, forms, javascript, jQuery, less, post, posting, robot, script, security, spam, spam-bot, spambot, spammer, stop, submission, submit
SWF Capabilities Flash Cookies JavaScript API
Posted on February 4, 2011 by Jason
SWF-Capabilities is a tiny Flash application I wrote which provides a JavaScript API designed so webmasters can utilize Flash’s persistant Local SharedObject (Flash cookies). Better than browser cookies, Flash’s Local SharedObject enable you to store limited amounts of data on a user’s local computer which can then be reaccessed at a later time. SWF-Capabilities can [...]
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