From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 3 11:18: 4 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EE7437B401 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 11:18:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from diana.northnetworks.ca (att-ws20.switchview.com [216.13.70.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F8E943FD7 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 11:18:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from iaccounts@northnetworks.ca) Received: from localhost (iaccounts@localhost) by diana.northnetworks.ca (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h23JHlk27763; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 14:17:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from iaccounts@northnetworks.ca) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 14:17:47 -0500 (EST) From: IAccounts To: Bill Moran Cc: Ceri Davies , Matthew Emmerton , "Pedro F. Giffuni" , Jim Mock , Subject: Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled. In-Reply-To: <3E6266D1.3020306@potentialtech.com> Message-ID: <20030303141455.I76645-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >>>>Or you could consider helping find a way to re-enable > >>>>the www to send-pr while preventing script kiddies from > >>>>abusing it. > >> > >>Why not have a "pr-moderator" for each category (i386, kern, doc, etc), who > >>approves each incoming PR. Basically this person would act as a front-line > >>defense against spammers, but it would also allow them to assign PRs to > >>developers as they are submitted, rather than letting them sit in the PR > >>database for weeks/months before anyone picks them up. > > > > I believe something like this is being considered. > > Have you considered a 'confirmation' system that sends mail back to the > originator for confirmation before actually submitting the PR? > > This way, if someone does manage to spam the GNATS database, we'll have > their email address and can officially complain. > Most ISPs would have > such abuse be grounds for cancelling their account. That is exactly what would happen at this ISP :o) Steve Bertrand, Senior Sys/Network Manager eagle.ca Internet Services > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message