Folks,
The Trac Spammers have found our Trac instances and are actively spamming
those that allow anonymous ticket creation and modification. For example
this recent spam on the Mapbender trac instance:
Changes (by anonymous):
* cc: mapbender_dev@lists.osgeo.org (removed)
* cc: None (added)
* component: core => print
* summary: Titled GUIs (new zebra) => None
* version: 2.4.1 => 2.1
* milestone: => Support usage of Styled Layer Descriptors (SLD)
* keywords: login, gui list => None
Comment:
{{{
#!html
<u style="display:none"><a href=http://search-
painter.bravehost.com/map.html>Painter</a> <a href=http://the-interior-
design.bravehost.com/map.html>Interior design</a></u>
}}}
Beyond the fact that our google karma is being redirected to serve
nefarious ends, there is also random damage being done to legitimate
trac tickets.
For the time being I have disabled anonymous ticket creation and
modification. Anyone wanting to submit or modify a ticket will now
need to login with an OSGeo userid. If this is contrary to the wishes
of the Mapbender PSC I (or Astrid or Christoph) can revert this change.
Best regards,
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