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Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:05 am
tuturial: how to mod your registration pade to prevent spam
http://www.marshalrusty.com/phpBB/rac.mod
It is pretty easy to follow the tuturial. Just remember to make a backup copy of all the files you are currently using, so if you mess up you can use the back up files.
The default authentication code is qwerty12345 . I suggest you change it to something like Wiggles007dude , so spam bots have a harder time guesting it.
Installing a better Capcha code for PHPBB2 compared to the default one.
http://www.matthewleverton.com/howto/ph ... ptcha.html
I followed this tuturial for adding a phpbb2 captcha code which is better then the default phpbb2 captcha which did not work well at preventing some spam bot.
But, this one works a lot better.
http://www.marshalrusty.com/phpBB/rac.mod
It is pretty easy to follow the tuturial. Just remember to make a backup copy of all the files you are currently using, so if you mess up you can use the back up files.
The default authentication code is qwerty12345 . I suggest you change it to something like Wiggles007dude , so spam bots have a harder time guesting it.
Installing a better Capcha code for PHPBB2 compared to the default one.
http://www.matthewleverton.com/howto/ph ... ptcha.html
I followed this tuturial for adding a phpbb2 captcha code which is better then the default phpbb2 captcha which did not work well at preventing some spam bot.
But, this one works a lot better.