[Administrator]

Okay, in recent days more and more bots are hitting. at this point id like to request that some kind of anti-bot system be installed. many sites are now adding human/bot tests and it looks like we need one here. i couldnt find anything on google for yabb, which figures. but perhaps you can find a general perl compatible captcha and integrate it in....

for all who dont know:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha

:D

[webmaster]

Actually this current version of Yabb already includes a setting for a CAPTCHA "validation code" necessary for registering new accounts.. it was off before but I've activated it now  ;)

Also, we weren't the only forum hit by this spammer..
http://www.yabbforum...um=1141918796/0

I've utilized some of the suggested security measures. The next version of Yabb.. 2.2 will go much further in anti-spam measures.

[Administrator]

cool.

where is that setting? i couldnt find it on my yabb.

[webmaster]

"Admin".. "Flood/Session Security".. Activate "Automatic Flood Security", etc

[Administrator]

argh. well it should keep out the realy lame bots, but its such OCR friendly text i think we're doomed if this goes on long term.

thsi is the coolest one ive seen. once its stable ill see about getting it to work on my own forum
(scroll all the way way way down to the bottom)
http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/security/...test_kittenauth