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Date Posted: Tue, March 04 2008, 0:20:09
Author: Don Poss
Author Host/IP: 76.167.251.93
Subject: Hackers and a new deterence

Gents & Ladies:

Today a lot of "Spam" type hacking is done by commercial ventures and porn sites. What that means is there are progams (not people) that will search out bulletin boards without password requirements and upload dozens of HTML code advertisements automatically. HTML code is blocked from War Stories, but it was still possible for these Spam programs to upload, and that is the HTML gibberish you have seen recently on the BB.

Fortunately, there is a deterence called "Captcha" that will stop or at least slow them down, but requires anyone posting on the bulletin board to first type in the letters/numbers displayed. I am sure you have all seen that type of security when purchasing something online and where credit cards are used. A minor thing to do, and this should help block the "Spam Programs."

Don Poss,
Webmaster, War Stories

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