31 December 2004

Comment spam attack

This morning I got hit by an organisation using multiple IP addresses simultaneously and delivering hundreds of spam comments simultaneously; here is a list of the offending IP addresses for anyone who wants to take preemptive action

24.13.158.205
209.88.128.9
216.195.206.249
66.98.212.79
203.144.143.6
216.219.242.239
66.65.139.135
148.244.150.57
216.249.43.4
148.244.150.58
69.50.168.130
217.65.159.99
196.28.48.100
24.1.245.39
218.145.25.84
206.204.190.7
216.249.43.3

If anyone knows an easy way of dealing with this stuff on typepad let me know!

31 Dec 2004 10:28:45

5 Comments

david

were the comments generated in some kind of automated fashion?

Posted by: david | 31 December 2004 at 11:58 AM

Trevor Cook

Yes I think it was automated

Posted by: Trevor Cook | 31 December 2004 at 12:06 PM

david

check out this guys site . . . then try to make a comment . . . he has a 'decoder ring' attached to the comments portion to prevent just what happened to you . . . he would be a great place to start your search . . . peace

Posted by: david | 31 December 2004 at 12:07 PM

david

okay i'm an idiot : : : sorry! here's the site http://www.dwightfriesen.com/

Posted by: david | 31 December 2004 at 12:09 PM

Neville Hobson

Trevor, did you get any info from anyone on how to deal with comment spam if you have a TypePad blog (as you and I do)?

Posted by: Neville Hobson | 03 January 2005 at 07:46 PM

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