How does this plugin work? Some technical details please..

  • Resolved Brainstorm Force

    (@brainstormforce)


    9 years, 3 months ago

    I’m a developer and I understand Spam protection is not easy. There are many way to get around it.

    I’m curious, how does this plugin work? What kind of methods does it use?
    I have seen the different specific options in the backend, like BB forum code, language, country, etc.

    What what technologies does this plugin use at core? JS / Cookies?

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  • Plugin Contributor Torsten Landsiedel

    (@zodiac1978)

    9 years, 3 months ago

    Our source is on Github and there is a wiki too:
    https://github.com/pluginkollektiv/antispam-bee/wiki

    If you have more questions after reading the wiki please just ask here again.

    All the best,
    Torsten

    Thread Starter Brainstorm Force

    (@brainstormforce)

    9 years, 3 months ago

    Thank you for quick response Torsten. Appreciate it. I had gone through the wiki, but I thought I was missing something.

    Looks like you guys by default use the local database to protect the spam with few other default enabled things like BB code.

    I thought there was something more like detecting bot with JS / Cookies

    Am I missing something?

    Plugin Contributor Torsten Landsiedel

    (@zodiac1978)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    The main thing is the honeypot (aka hidden comment textarea). If the hidden textarea is filled out it has to be a bot. All methods are described in the wiki.

    At the moment we don’t use cookies or JS for detecting bots.

    All the best,
    Torsten

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