Comments on: Crypt message in the Blog http://www.elilopian.com/2008/11/13/crypt-message-in-the-blog/ Creating better software Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:09:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dennis van der Stelt http://www.elilopian.com/2008/11/13/crypt-message-in-the-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-29464 Dennis van der Stelt Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:16:01 +0000 http://www.elilopian.com/2008/11/13/crypt-message-in-the-blog/#comment-29464 It wasn't rot13 encryption, I checked! :) It wasn’t rot13 encryption, I checked! :)

]]> By: Eli Lopian http://www.elilopian.com/2008/11/13/crypt-message-in-the-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-29462 Eli Lopian Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:39:47 +0000 http://www.elilopian.com/2008/11/13/crypt-message-in-the-blog/#comment-29462 Thanks Rik, So that is why I felt being watched ;-) I am sure that Akismet will kill the actual spam. Thanks Rik,
So that is why I felt being watched ;-)

I am sure that Akismet will kill the actual spam.

]]> By: Rik Hemsley http://www.elilopian.com/2008/11/13/crypt-message-in-the-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-29457 Rik Hemsley Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:28:53 +0000 http://www.elilopian.com/2008/11/13/crypt-message-in-the-blog/#comment-29457 Spammers do this to test if the comments appear quickly (i.e. you probably aren't moderating them). If so, they know that they can dump actual spam in comments. It's a kind of 'white hat' spammer thing. The 'black hat' version would just be to launch the actual spam first. Spammers do this to test if the comments appear quickly (i.e. you probably aren’t moderating them). If so, they know that they can dump actual spam in comments.

It’s a kind of ‘white hat’ spammer thing. The ‘black hat’ version would just be to launch the actual spam first.

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