Discussion
Ollie_M said:
Its not as easy as that i'm afraid and i'm not a techie myself, but basically this status prevents any new member until we refresh the 'Trustee Status' manually. It is the most effective way of preventing the spamming email from appearing.
The attacks are quite short and concentrated so we usually go back down to 'defcom 4' after a short time.
The team regularly check and adjust the site security settings to ward of other attacks. As a company that holds a vast amount data we have stringent security criteria that we have to meet and maintain.
The attacks are quite short and concentrated so we usually go back down to 'defcom 4' after a short time.
The team regularly check and adjust the site security settings to ward of other attacks. As a company that holds a vast amount data we have stringent security criteria that we have to meet and maintain.
I have to ensure PCI DSS compliance for our tens of millions of customers, so I appreciate the efforts.
Voldemort said:
'Sorted' means just removing them as they are found/reported, I presume?
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Which is a bit ridiculous. I'm sounding like a broken record but that Cheap Kitchens outfit has to be a prime example of where the banning of a fixed IP should work.http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
And any bouncing IP should be added to the "highly suspect" list for the first dozen or so posts - preferably in a new "we're new so please moderate us accordingly" corner.
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