On Thursday 22 August 2002 12:58, Mark Guzdial wrote:
> The uploads onto the Squeak Swiki continue unabated, despite our rapid
> deletion of files as they appear.  So I'm trying the simplest solution
> first.
>
> The Front Page of the Squeak Swiki is now locked.  The password is the
> very tricky and utterly complex word 'squeak'.
>
> I don't think whoever is doing the uploads is on this list, and whoever
> they are is not very technically sophisticated -- note that the uploads
> always occur on the first page.  (Whoever it is is here in Atlanta --
> some of the pictures include Atlanta landmarks.)  A simple page locking
> may suffice.

I wondered about a simple bash script run from cron every 5 minutes or so that 
would just trawl through the uploads directories deleting stuff which 
"obviously" shouldn't be there: .bmp, .mov, .dat, .mp3 and so on. This 
wouldn't be able to distinguish between an "appropriate" and an 
"inappropriate" .jpg, let alone a .mp3 renamed as a .jpg, but should obviate 
the need for really regular manual checks. And, as bad hackers go, these folk 
are still in nappies (diappers).

Are you still running the swiki on Linux?

Cheers

John