All -
There have been a lot of good suggestions offered, and I'll definitely keep this thread on file. Unfortunately, most of them probably won't help Lengua, if his/her site is being hit by the same software that pounds ours. I think the add.cgi name-change hack is the best hope.
Without having examined the culprit software in question, it looks to be an HTTP client app that either functions as a plug-in to MSIE or that calls Win98's embedded MSIE. It's *not* a centralized submission service; instead, it operates from the end-user's PC. Logs show nothing out of the ordinary for either the REMOTE_HOST or the HTTP_USER_AGENT.
Fortunately, at the moment the destination form address appears to be hard-coded. Changing the script name dropped us from 1,200 submission emails a day to 12 in the past 24 hours. With luck, maybe I can swap the name every couple of weeks (the software promises fortnightly upgrades) for a month or two before the a**hole responsible starts dynamically updating the target script. When that happens, I fear the only solution (short of mailbombing his site with a copy of each bogus submission) will be some sort of two-phase process.
Lengua -
It took me a little under 60 seconds to make this change -- and half of that was calling up the man page for vi, since I never touch the stuff. It is not a significant investment of time, even if you do have to work for a living. Second, IM[not-so]HO, you've purchased a license and support for Links2.0 as it stands. If you want a specific modification made, try http://www.gossamer-threads.com/services.htm .
Vann
There have been a lot of good suggestions offered, and I'll definitely keep this thread on file. Unfortunately, most of them probably won't help Lengua, if his/her site is being hit by the same software that pounds ours. I think the add.cgi name-change hack is the best hope.
Without having examined the culprit software in question, it looks to be an HTTP client app that either functions as a plug-in to MSIE or that calls Win98's embedded MSIE. It's *not* a centralized submission service; instead, it operates from the end-user's PC. Logs show nothing out of the ordinary for either the REMOTE_HOST or the HTTP_USER_AGENT.
Fortunately, at the moment the destination form address appears to be hard-coded. Changing the script name dropped us from 1,200 submission emails a day to 12 in the past 24 hours. With luck, maybe I can swap the name every couple of weeks (the software promises fortnightly upgrades) for a month or two before the a**hole responsible starts dynamically updating the target script. When that happens, I fear the only solution (short of mailbombing his site with a copy of each bogus submission) will be some sort of two-phase process.
Lengua -
It took me a little under 60 seconds to make this change -- and half of that was calling up the man page for vi, since I never touch the stuff. It is not a significant investment of time, even if you do have to work for a living. Second, IM[not-so]HO, you've purchased a license and support for Links2.0 as it stands. If you want a specific modification made, try http://www.gossamer-threads.com/services.htm .
Vann
