Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 15:17:21 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> Cc: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@yahoo.com>, Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled. Message-ID: <3E6266D1.3020306@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20030302200657.GA76412@submonkey.net> References: <20030302162206.66969.qmail@web13404.mail.yahoo.com> <3E62440A.4010001@potentialtech.com> <20030302181204.GA32498@submonkey.net> <005101c2e0f6$2aae2e30$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <20030302200657.GA76412@submonkey.net>
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Ceri Davies wrote: >>>>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. -- 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
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