Comments on: WPMU and reCaptcha http://randomstringofwords.com/wpmu-and-recaptcha/ RandomStringOfWords.com || RSoW.com Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:03:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jason http://randomstringofwords.com/wpmu-and-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 Jason Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:51:37 +0000 http://info.rsow.com/?p=160#comment-1074 Neil, it was so bad that I finally uninstalled and gave up on the WPMU project for the time being.. they clearly have a lot of security holes and exploits that just aren't being covered.. (or did the last time I tried it).. I'm sorry I don't have a good answer for you.. Neil, it was so bad that I finally uninstalled and gave up on the WPMU project for the time being.. they clearly have a lot of security holes and exploits that just aren’t being covered.. (or did the last time I tried it)..

I’m sorry I don’t have a good answer for you..

]]> By: neil http://randomstringofwords.com/wpmu-and-recaptcha/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 neil Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:39:03 +0000 http://info.rsow.com/?p=160#comment-1073 Hi. Do you still get sploggers trying to register to your WP MU? I set up a WP MU blog, enable reCaptcha and still get bots registering. I'm not that familiar with WP so I did what is logical...I started disabling plugins one-by-one to check if it's a possible security issue with one of the plugins... buddypress, adsense integrators, etc... I still kept getting sploggers even if I only have reCaptcha enabled..so I thought it could be a person manually typing in the reCaptcha codes. As a last resort, I installed WP-Ban and ban the IP where the requests are coming from. Then I finally noticed that it's not a person but an actual bot cracking the reCaptcha codes - I got 250+ requests in 12 hours. Do you have alternatives to reCaptcha? Hi. Do you still get sploggers trying to register to your WP MU?

I set up a WP MU blog, enable reCaptcha and still get bots registering. I’m not that familiar with WP so I did what is logical…I started disabling plugins one-by-one to check if it’s a possible security issue with one of the plugins… buddypress, adsense integrators, etc… I still kept getting sploggers even if I only have reCaptcha enabled..so I thought it could be a person manually typing in the reCaptcha codes.

As a last resort, I installed WP-Ban and ban the IP where the requests are coming from. Then I finally noticed that it’s not a person but an actual bot cracking the reCaptcha codes – I got 250+ requests in 12 hours.

Do you have alternatives to reCaptcha?

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