Actually, thinking about it - anyone that wants to update the wiki will have to create a user id - that should block any robots. But I suspect that our problem is warm-blooded robots, not the electronic variety.
> I'd suggest that we somehow "freeze"
> the current Wiki, use it as a
> read-only resource.
I believe that Tim could do this
> We don't repoint the .info domain until security is sorted.
Agreed.
> But we can edit the new Wiki, can't
> we, Charles? We just don't want to
> ever write its URL in clear as that
> would tell spammers where to look.
That will help - but eventually it will leak out. I suspect that Google and the like have mechanisms to find "hidden" but unprotected resources. Generally this is a "good" thing.
> Or have I misunderstood things?
Not at all :-)
regards,
Charles
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