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{ 2007 07 23 }

penguin launches the .htaccess project

If you host your own blog (i.e. you have your own URL and hosting plan) and have been inundated with spam comments, Political Penguin’s .htaccess project may be of use.

Basically the concept creates a gatekeeper that stops dodgy IPs from entering your site. It doesn’t just stop them commenting, it stops them from viewing your site full-stop - meaning they’re not sucking up all your precious bandwidth. Sweeeeet.

If you want to get involved, learn how to edit your .htaccess file (it’s easy peasy), and share evil IPs, get in touch with the Penguin, or drop me a line.

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Posted by tyger on Monday, July 23, 2007, at 7:37 pm, and filed under meta, tech. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

{ 4 } Comments

  1. Political Penguin | July 23, 2007 at 8:12 pm | Permalink

    Hey, it’s not launched yet. I have to do all the guides and how-to’s yet. Or are you trying to keep me busy tonight? :)

  2. tyger | July 23, 2007 at 8:15 pm | Permalink

    Get to work fish-lover!!!!!

  3. jameshigham | July 24, 2007 at 4:02 pm | Permalink

    This is one I think I might follow up.

  4. tyger | July 24, 2007 at 6:20 pm | Permalink

    Hi James,

    It’s aimed at people who have their own hosted site (i.e. pay for hosting). And therefore can access their database. If you’re hosted at blogspot, I don’t think you can access your .htaccess file.

    :(