Comments on: weird trackback run http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/04/weird-trackback-run/ writes on spam and admin issues Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:44:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Phil Ringnalda http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/04/weird-trackback-run/#comment-231 Phil Ringnalda Wed, 06 Apr 2005 16:52:16 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/04/weird-trackback-run/#comment-231 The first request gets an RSS feed of *pings to the post*, including the URLs that have already pinged it. URLs which are quite likely to support Trackback. Mmm, fresh targets. It would also make an easy way to check back later on whether your spam-ping made it through, and whether it stays published. Or, if you started your spam run from just a list of mt-tb.cgi URLs, it would give you the URL for the post you are spamming, to check the HTML later. Then, a POST for any modern implementation, followed by a GET just in case you are actually running MT from before, what, version 2.5 or so?, when Trackback only accepted GET. Or, there might be other non-MT implementations that implemented GET but didn't ever switch over to POST. The first request gets an RSS feed of *pings to the post*, including the URLs that have already pinged it. URLs which are quite likely to support Trackback. Mmm, fresh targets. It would also make an easy way to check back later on whether your spam-ping made it through, and whether it stays published. Or, if you started your spam run from just a list of mt-tb.cgi URLs, it would give you the URL for the post you are spamming, to check the HTML later.

Then, a POST for any modern implementation, followed by a GET just in case you are actually running MT from before, what, version 2.5 or so?, when Trackback only accepted GET. Or, there might be other non-MT implementations that implemented GET but didn’t ever switch over to POST.

]]> By: Manni http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/04/weird-trackback-run/#comment-224 Manni Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:45:41 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/04/weird-trackback-run/#comment-224 Might they be trying to syndicate spammed rss feeds? They syndicate the rss feed for a post, making it look harmless (maybe even look anti-spam), then they spam the blog and get spam syndicated that way? Might they be trying to syndicate spammed rss feeds? They syndicate the rss feed for a post, making it look harmless (maybe even look anti-spam), then they spam the blog and get spam syndicated that way?

]]> By: Dirk http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/04/weird-trackback-run/#comment-222 Dirk Mon, 04 Apr 2005 19:11:17 +0000 http://spamhuntress.com/2005/04/04/weird-trackback-run/#comment-222 I got those as well (also on April 1st). And they even worked. Seems my own trackback implementation is too forgiving ... I also sent complaints to both the owners of the IP and xmix.net (who claim to remove sites "immediately" on abuse). Haven't heard anything back and the spamvertized site is still online. So much for that ... I got those as well (also on April 1st). And they even worked. Seems my own trackback implementation is too forgiving …

I also sent complaints to both the owners of the IP and xmix.net (who claim to remove sites “immediately” on abuse). Haven’t heard anything back and the spamvertized site is still online. So much for that …

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