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Ask HN: Can you spam my forum?
I run an Internet forum that has no admins or moderators. However, it has an unconventional moderation system in place that has worked well up until this point. I want to see how it works under heavy spam, so could you please spam my forum? I will post a link in the comments.
- codingclaws 5y agoI'm the OP. Here's the forum in question: https://www.peachesnstink.com https://www.peachesnstink.com
- mcherm 5y agoCool. Hey, before I get socially engineered into attacking some forum, would you mind providing proof that the HN post is coming from the same person who owns the forum? An announcement on the forum which requested spam would do nicely.
- codingclaws 5y agohttps://www.peachesnstink.com/p/kdCuZJPHvit88DuD5TCXLJ https://www.peachesnstink.com/p/kdCuZJPHvit88DuD5TCXLJ
- warrenm 5y agoSeems it requires signing-up ... gonna pass on this one
- codingclaws 5y agoYes, it does. I'm sorry. I was going to mention it. We currently don't allow anonymous posting. However, it's only username and password - no email.
- fairytale 5y agoWhat kind of spam do you refer to exactly? I have just checked out your forum and it does not seem to have any sort of form protection (stuff like hidden form inputs or captchas to solve). This tells me that it would be pretty easy to create some automated script to overload your backend. Well, unless your backend has specific checks or ways to prevent this.
- codingclaws 5y agoYou are correct, all forms have zero protection/throttling. Do as you please.