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“Spamming the Server,” or a “Denial of Service Attack?
 
 

My bots have been getting input like this for months and months.  Frequently they’re quite voluminous, and often there are several different varieties chained together, but I’m able to block them after the first attempt.  The IPs trace to all over the globe.

Aside from it being a bother to me, I’m wondering if it could be considered “Spamming the Server,” or something like a “Denial of Service Attack?  I find it hard to believe mine are the only Pandorabots receiving them.

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[04/17/2013 11:59:43 PM GMT - 79.143.179.238]
Human: cigghmwnv, ????? ??? ??????, wCvRQRr, ב_Amythebot: I’m just not interested. Your IP address traces to [removed] (sGeobytesIpAddress+” “+sGeobytesCity+”, “+sGeobytesCountry);_ _   You’ve been banned from talking to me. All chat conversations are saved, and your IP address has already been recorded. I suggest that you close your browser, direct it to a different site, or CLICK HERE! to meet other chatbots.  _     [04/17/2013 11:59:43 PM GMT - 79.143.179.238]_Human: ת_Amythebot: You’ve been banned from talking to me.  _     [04/17/2013 11:59:43 PM GMT - 79.143.179.238]_Human: י_Amythebot: You’ve been banned from talking to me.  _     [04/17/2013 11:59:43 PM GMT - 79.143.179.238]_Human: ה_Amythebot: You’ve been banned from talking to me.  _     [04/17/2013 11:59:43 PM GMT - 79.143.179.238]_Human: ש_Amythebot: You’ve been banned from talking to me.  _     [04/17/2013 11:59:43 PM GMT - 79.143.179.238]_Human: ק_Amythebot: You’ve been banned from talking to me.  _     [04/17/2013 11:59:43 PM GMT - 79.143.179.238]_Human: ע_Amythebot: You’ve been banned from talking to me.  _     [04/17/2013 11:59:43 PM GMT - 79.143.179.238]_Human: ו_Amythebot: You’ve been banned from talking to me.  _     [04/17/2013 11:59:43 PM GMT - 79.143.179.238]_Human: ת, ZIorEAj, http://alltuneandlubeshortpump.com/ ??? ??????, EgwHdSU.
Amythebot: I’m just not interested. You’ve been banned from talking to me. 

 

 
  [ # 1 ]

A small sampling of logs from just from this morning.  Most, if not all, reflect the issue in the posting above.  By the end of the day, I’ll have a lot more, and I’m running five bots.  This can’t be doing the server any good.

  04/23/2013 12:10:29 AM GMT 04/23/2013 12:10:29 AM GMT 0 / 1 2413971
  04/23/2013 12:21:04 AM GMT 04/23/2013 12:21:04 AM GMT 0 / 1 2414207
  04/23/2013 12:59:03 AM GMT 04/23/2013 12:59:03 AM GMT 1 / 1 2415262
  04/23/2013 01:07:03 AM GMT 04/23/2013 01:07:03 AM GMT 1 / 1 2415485
  04/23/2013 01:34:38 AM GMT 04/23/2013 01:34:38 AM GMT 1 / 1 2416091
  04/23/2013 01:52:18 AM GMT 04/23/2013 01:52:18 AM GMT 1 / 1 2416471
  04/23/2013 01:59:34 AM GMT 04/23/2013 01:59:34 AM GMT 1 / 1 2416745
  04/23/2013 02:06:34 AM GMT 04/23/2013 02:06:34 AM GMT 1 / 1 2416967
  04/23/2013 02:21:22 AM GMT 04/23/2013 02:21:22 AM GMT 1 / 1 2417281
  04/23/2013 02:53:18 AM GMT 04/23/2013 02:53:18 AM GMT 1 / 1 2418094
  04/23/2013 03:40:53 AM GMT 04/23/2013 03:40:53 AM GMT 1 / 1 2419337
  04/23/2013 04:02:57 AM GMT 04/23/2013 04:02:57 AM GMT 1 / 1 2420054
  04/23/2013 04:35:14 AM GMT 04/23/2013 04:35:14 AM GMT 1 / 1 2420925
  04/23/2013 06:00:16 AM GMT 04/23/2013 06:00:16 AM GMT 1 / 1 2423348
  04/23/2013 09:11:05 AM GMT 04/23/2013 09:11:05 AM GMT 1 / 1 2426610
  04/23/2013 09:46:19 AM GMT 04/23/2013 09:46:19 AM GMT 1 / 1 2427539
  04/23/2013 09:53:24 AM GMT 04/23/2013 09:53:24 AM GMT 1 / 1 2427638
  04/23/2013 09:56:17 AM GMT 04/23/2013 09:56:17 AM GMT 1 / 1 2427692
  04/23/2013 10:12:40 AM GMT 04/23/2013 10:12:40 AM GMT 1 / 1 2427951
  04/23/2013 10:51:17 AM GMT 04/23/2013 10:51:17 AM GMT 1 / 1 2428610
  04/23/2013 11:03:22 AM GMT 04/23/2013 11:03:22 AM GMT 1 / 1 2428905
  04/23/2013 11:07:27 AM GMT 04/23/2013 11:07:27 AM GMT 1 / 1 2428996
  04/23/2013 11:08:10 AM GMT 04/23/2013 11:08:10 AM GMT 0 / 1 2429009
  04/23/2013 11:18:06 AM GMT 04/23/2013 11:18:06 AM GMT 0 / 1 2429242
  04/23/2013 11:29:04 AM GMT 04/23/2013 11:29:04 AM GMT 0 / 1 2429498
  04/23/2013 11:31:10 AM GMT 04/23/2013 11:31:10 AM GMT 0 / 1 2429556
  04/23/2013 11:32:57 AM GMT 04/23/2013 11:32:57 AM GMT 0 / 1 2429595
  04/23/2013 11:34:35 AM GMT 04/23/2013 11:34:35 AM GMT 0 / 1 2429622
  04/23/2013 11:37:42 AM GMT 04/23/2013 11:37:42 AM GMT 0 / 1 2429690
  04/23/2013 11:45:57 AM GMT 04/23/2013 11:45:57 AM GMT 1 / 1 2429899
  04/23/2013 11:54:15 AM GMT 04/23/2013 11:54:15 AM GMT 0 / 1 2430085
  04/23/2013 11:55:00 AM GMT 04/23/2013 11:55:00 AM GMT 0 / 1 2430115
  04/23/2013 12:03:10 PM GMT 04/23/2013 12:03:10 PM GMT 0 / 1 2430379
  04/23/2013 12:04:00 PM GMT 04/23/2013 12:04:00 PM GMT 0 / 1 2430402

 

 
  [ # 2 ]

Classic comment spam bots

Suggest adding honey pot scripts to your sites pages to help get the originators blacklisted at the ISP level.

Also requiring cookies be enabled to access the page where your input form is. These two things worked very well for us to eliminate comment spam.

 

 
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