Individual Liberty — Individual Responsibility

For those we lost, We will not forget 09/11/2001

“Our God given unalienable rights are given to us all as individuals. They tell us what we may do for ourselves, and they are the embodiment of liberty. The so-called rights that government gives to some of us are parcelled out to select groups as classes. They tell us what one class of people may require another to do for them, and they are the very essence of slavery.”
— Perri Nelson, February 9, 2010

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SPAM - 3/9/2007 12:21AM - 3/9/2007 9:10 AM

Published Fri, Mar 9 2007 9:14 AM
Technorati Tags: Annoyances

I don't know why, but some days my blog seems to be a spam target. Of course, it's mostly bots of some kind hitting it, so the best defense seems to be automated spam blockers. Here's all of the spam that AKismet caught this morning (up to the time of this post).

There's no telling how many more were trapped by my other filters, since this represents only about 60 or 70 I.P. addresses, although it's around 100 or so SPAM pings. I have banned 444 distinct I.P. addresses for spamming the blog and if they're still trying to hit it with bots I don't know about it.

I have to wade through all of this to sort out legitimate trackbacks and comments to get them on the blog. There are about three bloggers that regularly get trapped by AKismet. I'm working on a way to take care of that so AKismet does a better job. At least it trapped all of these pingbacks.

Oh, and in all of this junk, there were actually five legitimate pingbacks that were trapped. Even so, I'd rather use an automated filter than the old manual method I used to use.

Every I.P. address that spammed me this morning is listed, once for every ping. I've grouped them into blocks by the SPAM subject. I have not sorted the I.P. Addresses, and I'm not going to give these clowns free advertising by listing the trackback URLs they gave.

Apparently the topics the bots use run on something of a schedule. So far today there haven't been any SPAMs for online diploma mills, porn sites, or Google links.

Adipex

208.97.171.5
67.15.202.16
72.232.219.210
64.22.79.33

Ambien

205.234.129.157
69.46.25.42
64.22.79.33
72.36.155.58
72.232.235.114
72.232.35.82
66.197.244.133
208.53.147.192
72.36.155.58
72.232.199.226

Cialis

72.36.199.18
75.126.156.50
72.232.180.170
195.242.99.80
67.159.5.254
69.46.25.42
208.53.147.192
69.16.196.84
72.36.155.58
64.62.191.236
208.131.138.245
72.52.143.186
65.254.224.22
72.232.189.218
64.111.110.10
72.55.133.236
67.159.5.254
72.3.253.183
67.159.5.254
72.232.189.218
209.163.169.98
68.178.255.184

Fioricet

58.65.232.57

Phentermine

72.36.207.66
72.36.180.66
195.242.99.80
208.113.141.28
72.232.35.82

Tramadol

72.21.42.139
64.111.110.10
66.45.237.250
208.53.131.69
208.97.171.5
67.159.5.254
216.32.80.74
66.232.114.116
67.159.5.254
72.36.218.138
205.234.129.157

Valium

195.242.99.80
72.232.189.218
72.55.133.236
72.232.219.210
69.16.196.84
69.16.204.58
208.97.135.5
72.8.121.40
208.113.141.28
69.46.25.42
72.232.189.218
212.227.127.9
67.15.217.15

Xanax

72.21.42.139
64.202.161.130
72.249.33.210
208.101.41.234
208.53.138.11
67.159.5.254
66.232.114.116
72.51.43.86
68.178.255.184
205.234.129.157
64.62.191.236
58.65.232.57

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