Bad Behavior 1.1.4 has been released.
This release fixes a problem with the W3C Validator being blocked inadvertently. The downside is you’re going to get a few more spammers who were also being blocked. A more permanent solution is in the works, but this should get you XHTML freaks who revalidate your pages daily back in business.
If you don’t care at all about the W3C Validator then feel free to use 1.1.3 as it may block a few more spammers than 1.1.4. This will be resolved in a future release.
First, say “I Hate Perl” three times, and then Download Bad Behavior now!
Bad Behavior 1.1.3 has now been released. I’ve been holding this a little longer than some of you would like; because of a rise in spam attacks and some slightly smarter spammers, a few spams have been getting through to your sites, and because they’re getting smarter I’ve wanted to ensure that I could block the spammers and only the spammers. I’ve blocked all the spammers I can reasonably block and maintain no false positives.
I also fixed a (very uncommon) update service being recognized as a spambot. I have a policy of zero false positives, so if you see traffic that should be getting through and is being blocked, or if you are getting spam to your site, please report it immediately.
Changed in this release:
- Several additional spambots have been identified and blocked thanks to user contributions.
- Mozilla Blog Updates is no longer blocked.
- A typo causing a PHP warning in
bad-behavior-http-headers.php has been fixed.
It’s that time again, so Download Bad Behavior now!
