Today I shall be Mainly...

[Stanley]

I'll keep popping into the site while I am writing this morning. My present strategy is to ban all new members as soon as they appear! Just nabbed another one....

[Wendyf]

They are coming thick and fast at the moment Stanley!

[Marilyn]

Are there actually HUMANS at the root of all this activity? Or is the spam from bots or automatic programs?
What do they get out of their activities?
( I cannot understand it)

[Stanley]

No Maz, we are fighting automated systems designed to attack a site and cripple it by flooding it with rubbish. If we were4n't doing this the site would be unusable.

[PanBiker]

It is human driven at some point obviously, some individual or hacking groups idea of fun! The servers that are driving this are stealth enabled as the posts appear to come from many different parts of the globe. More likely a single server or small group but well hidden from the normal infrastructure of the internet.

We were up to 88 attacks when I went to bed last night. I can see from the logs that there have been around another 25 overnight.

If any member stumbles across any of the posts that are obviously spam DO NOT REPLY TO THEM OR CLICK ANY OF THE LINKS. Leave the post for Moderators or Admins to deal with.

[Tripps]

Just for interest, I started the joining up procedure, and find the usual disguised letter code, to fool robots, and then you have to provide a verifiable email address to be confirmed before you can post. Have I missed something here, as I can't see how they can get through this procedure, and actually make a post?

[PanBiker]

The email verification was an automated system Tripps which is part of the problem. Spammers and hackers are well aware of the mechanisms in place and I suppose it's this challenge that is part of the attraction of beating the system. Doc is busy plugging the gaps and altering the registration procedure away from an automated system.

[Stanley]

And it's working, no problems this morning, Gott sei dank! Life can get back to normal!

[Sue]

Just made some pumpkin soup, only6.5 pumpkins left!. We are having mashed pumpkin with our roast beef instead of potatoes. I'll let you know what they are like. Roast pumpkin is very nice and the soup is delicious

[Moh]

In New Zealand the supermarkets sell half pumpkins which is great if you do not want a lot.

[Stanley]

I have another BET article nagging at me.... Apart from that, keeping warm, looking after Jack and reading.

[Sue]

Monday is a busy day. Aquavit this morning, French this afternoon, and art tonight. I just hope I can stop coughing long enough to do the exercises. But the moist atmosphere of the pool should help my sinuses. It's been two weeks now since I started with this although we suspect we both caught another cold on the ferry last Monday, rather than this being the same cold

[Sue]

They sell pumpkin by the kilo in France in pre cut chunks. 1euro 80 per kilo, making our 12kilo pumpkin worth a bit.

[Moh]

Having been to the orthapedic clinic at BGH I now have to wait for an appointment for a scan - could be 5 to6 weeks !!

[Stanley]

Hope it goes well Moh....

[Sue]

Walking is cancelled which is fine by me as I still have an awful cough and a thick head. Yesterday a walk in the fresh air made me feel worse than ever. Anyway I shall do a bit of knitting on my machine, and this afternoon we are off to the solicitors .

[Wendyf]

I'm in Colne Library doing my index to Doreen Crowther's deeds.

[Moh]

I need a visit to the library, will try for a Wednesday when you are there Wendy.

[Wendyf]

That would be good Moh, I am usually there from 10 till about 1 ish.

[Stanley]

I am feeling guilty because instead of doing useful research or going in the shed I shall be indulging myself by reading the next two books in the Dark Materials trilogy... Someone's got to do it!

[Sue]

Art this morning. This afternoon is creative writing and we are Avignon a writing workshop with a local author

[EileenDavid]

Today I am hoping to get into some research after doing a quick shop for a few bits we have run out of. Eileen

[Moh]

More Harrisons!!

[EileenDavid]

Today is main shopping day then a bit more research I think. Eileen

[Wendyf]

Cleaning out the hen house & other outside jobs before the wind & rain comes back.