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Casper: /* Restricting spam */

2021-09-02T11:05:23Z

Restricting spam

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	== Restricting spam ==		== Restricting spam ==
	By default, Joomla has no option no enable comments, contacts or user registrations. Most of these options are managed through Joomla plugins/extensions. ~~These~~ extensions will allow by default that any user (or bot) can make comments, register an account, etc. To prevent these people or bots attacking your website, a few steps can be taken ~~that~~ are listed below. It can be the better option to completely ~~restricts~~ comments ~~and~~ any forms of ~~contacts~~, but of course this is not always possible.		By default, Joomla has no option no enable comments, contacts or user registrations. Most of these options are managed through Joomla plugins/extensions. But these extensions will often allow by default that any user (or bot) can make comments, register an account, etc. To prevent these people or bots attacking your website, a few steps can be taken which are listed below. It can be the better option to completely not use comments or any other forms of contact, but of course this is not always possible.

	==Detecting spam==		==Detecting spam==

Casper: /* Detecting spam */

2021-08-01T13:16:24Z

Detecting spam

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	== Restricting spam ==		== Restricting spam ==
	By default, Joomla has no option no enable comments, contacts or user registrations. Most of these options are managed through Joomla plugins/extensions. These extensions will allow by default that any user (or bot) can make comments, register an account, etc. To prevent these people or bots attacking your website, a few steps can be taken that are listed below.		By default, Joomla has no option no enable comments, contacts or user registrations. Most of these options are managed through Joomla plugins/extensions. These extensions will allow by default that any user (or bot) can make comments, register an account, etc. To prevent these people or bots attacking your website, a few steps can be taken that are listed below. It can be the better option to completely restricts comments and any forms of contacts, but of course this is not always possible.

	==Detecting spam==		==Detecting spam==
			As mentioned above, it's better in most cases to simply not allow comments or to restrict them very heavily than having to deal with spam. If you have no other choice, there are some options available to help you out. It's important to keep in mind that both options below rely on external service providers for some aspects of their spam detection.

	=== R Antispam ===		=== R Antispam ===

Casper at 13:14, 1 August 2021

2021-08-01T13:14:42Z

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	==~~Google's recaptcha~~==		== Restricting spam ==
	~~===What is recaptcha and how does~~/will ~~it help~~ prevent ~~spam ?===~~		By default, Joomla has no option no enable comments, contacts or user registrations. Most of these options are managed through Joomla plugins/extensions. These extensions will allow by default that any user (or bot) can make comments, register an account, etc. To prevent these people or bots attacking your website, a few steps can be taken that are listed below.
	~~For answers to those questions you~~ can ~~look at google's page about recaptcha (https://google~~.~~com/recaptcha)~~

	===~~Installation~~===		==Detecting spam==
	~~This installation guide requires joomla '''3.4''' (or higher).~~

	* Go to ~~google's recaptcha administrator page(~~https://~~www~~.~~google~~.~~com~~/~~recaptcha~~/admin~~) and register~~ your ~~site~~		=== R Antispam ===
	**~~example of public~~ and ~~private key (https://i~~.~~imgur.com/vGJKEXx.png)~~		R Antispam is an extension for Joomla that works via the Bayesian algorithm to prevent spam on your Joomla website. It can protect you from spam on many different forms. On top of that, the extension is free to download and use.

	* ~~Navigate~~ to the ~~admin panel of your joomla instalation~~		To use R Antispam follow these instructions:
	** Select plugins from the ~~extentions panel in the top menu~~.
			* Go to https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/r-antispam/ and press the download button on the right side, to start downloading the extension
			* Go to the admin panel on your Joomla website
			* On the top of this page select the tab "Extensions" -> "Manage" -> "Install"
			* Press the green "Browse for files"-button, and select the .zip file you just downloaded in the first step
			* Now your plugin should be installed, but to make sure that it is working and active go to the tab "Extensions" -> "Manage" -> "Manage"
			* This will give you a list of all installed plugins. Now search for the R Antispam plugin and make sure that the status says active (a green V is shown)

			Now the plugin is working and spam can be prevented.

			===Google's reCAPTCHA===
			CAPTCHA, originally from a complicated acronym, is a term used for different kinds of challenges to prevent automated scripts from trying to comment, register or login on websites. reCAPTCHA is a project owned by Google that is quite successful at designing these challenges. You probably know reCAPTCHA as the "I'm not a robot" checkbox you often have to press. More details are available on <nowiki>https://google.com/recaptcha</nowiki>

	* Search for recaptcha in the search box		To use Google's reCAPTCHA follow these instructions:
	** Enable recaptcha by clicking on the status icon next to recaptcha

	* One complete it is '''critical''' that you configure your recaptcha properly		* Go to google's reCAPTCHA administrator page(https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin) and register your site
	** Go to ~~recaptcha~~'s ~~configuration~~ page ~~by selecting~~ recaptcha in the ~~above mentioned~~ panel
	** '''make sure you select ~~version 2 (default is version 1)'''~~		* Navigate to the admin panel of your Joomla installation and select the tab "Extensions" -> "Plugins"
	** Fill in the ~~required keys you got on google's recaptcha's administrator page~~

	* ~~Once done joomla will begin to require~~ recaptcha's		* Search for 'recaptcha' in the search box and enable the "CAPTCHA - reCAPTCHA"-plugin by clicking on the status icon next to the name

			* Once complete it is '''critical''' that you configure your reCAPTCHA properly
			** Go to reCAPTCHA's configuration page by clicking the plugin's name in the same panel where you enabled it
			** Now fill in the required keys you got on google's reCAPTCHA's administrator page before
			** When finished entering these keys, press the "Save & Close" button to save your settings
			From now on, when for example registering an account, Joomla will ask to fill in a reCAPTCHA
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Bert at 19:17, 24 April 2021

2021-04-24T19:17:30Z

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Bert: /* What is recaptcha and how does/will it help prevent spam ? */

2019-10-26T00:49:50Z

What is recaptcha and how does/will it help prevent spam ?

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	==Google's recaptcha==		==Google's recaptcha==
	===What is recaptcha and how does/will it help prevent spam ?===		===What is recaptcha and how does/will it help prevent spam ?===
	For answers to those questions you can look at google's page about recaptcha(https://google.com/recaptcha)		For answers to those questions you can look at google's page about recaptcha (https://google.com/recaptcha)

	===Installation===		===Installation===

Bert at 15:19, 28 August 2019

2019-08-28T15:19:04Z

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	* Once done joomla will begin to require recaptcha's		* Once done joomla will begin to require recaptcha's

			[[Category:Security & anti-spam]]

Covert: /* Google's recaptcha */

2016-02-23T15:29:25Z

Google's recaptcha

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	==Google's recaptcha==		==Google's recaptcha==
	===What is recaptcha and how/will it help prevent spam ?===		===What is recaptcha and how does/will it help prevent spam ?===
	For answers to those questions you can look at google's page about recaptcha(https://google.com/recaptcha)		For answers to those questions you can look at google's page about recaptcha(https://google.com/recaptcha)

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	**example of public and private key (https://i.imgur.com/vGJKEXx.png)		**example of public and private key (https://i.imgur.com/vGJKEXx.png)

	* Navigate to the admin ~~pannel~~ of your joomla instalation		* Navigate to the admin panel of your joomla instalation
	** Select plugins from the extentions ~~pane~~ in the top menu.		** Select plugins from the extentions panel in the top menu.

	* Search for recaptcha in the search box		* Search for recaptcha in the search box
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	* One complete it is '''critical''' that you configure your recaptcha properly		* One complete it is '''critical''' that you configure your recaptcha properly
	** Go to ~~recaptcah~~'s configuration page by selecting recaptcha in the ~~abovementioned pane~~		** Go to recaptcha's configuration page by selecting recaptcha in the above mentioned panel
	** '''make sure you select version 2 (default is version 1)'''		** '''make sure you select version 2 (default is version 1)'''
	** Fill in the required keys you got on google's recaptcha administrator page		** Fill in the required keys you got on google's recaptcha's administrator page

	* Once done joomla ~~wil~~ begin to require recaptcha's		* Once done joomla will begin to require recaptcha's

Covert: /* Installation */

2016-02-23T15:26:44Z

Installation

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	* Navigate to the admin pannel of your joomla instalation		* Navigate to the admin pannel of your joomla instalation
	** Select plugins from the extentions pane in the to menu.		** Select plugins from the extentions pane in the top menu.

	* Search for recaptcha in the search box		* Search for recaptcha in the search box

Covert: /* Installation */

2016-02-23T15:22:02Z

Installation

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	===Installation===		===Installation===
	This installation guide requires joomla '''3.4''' (or higher).		This installation guide requires joomla '''3.4''' (or higher).
	~~'''Note this installation requires captcha and recaptcha, these are different plugins and not a type error.'''~~

	* Go to ~~drupal~~'s ~~captcha~~ page and ~~download the appropriate version at the bottom~~ of ~~the page~~ (https://~~www~~.~~drupal~~.~~org~~/~~project/captcha~~)		* Go to google's recaptcha administrator page(https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin) and register your site
			**example of public and private key (https://i.imgur.com/vGJKEXx.png)

			* Navigate to the admin pannel of your joomla instalation
			** Select plugins from the extentions pane in the to menu.

	* ~~Go to drupal's~~ recaptcha ~~page and download~~ the ~~appropriate version at the bottom of the page (https://www.drupal.org/project/recaptcha)~~		* Search for recaptcha in the search box
			** Enable recaptcha by clicking on the status icon next to recaptcha
	** ~~Extract~~ the ~~archives into '''sites/all/modules/[~~recaptcha~~/captcha]'''respectively and relative to your own drupal installation '''(this folder may need to be created manually)'''~~

	* ~~Now navigate~~ to ~~your drupal administration~~ page in ~~your browser (/admin/modules)~~		* One complete it is '''critical''' that you configure your recaptcha properly
	** ~~Search for captcha and enable it~~		** Go to recaptcah's configuration page by selecting recaptcha in the abovementioned pane
	** ~~Search for~~ recaptcha ~~and enable it~~		** '''make sure you select version 2 (default is version 1)'''
			** Fill in the required keys you got on google's recaptcha administrator page

	* Once ~~complete it is '''critical'''~~ to ~~configure your captcha setting in the web interface (/admin/config/people/captcha) ''~~'~~and do not forget to enable the captcha-points (/admin/config/people/captcha/captcha-points).~~		* Once done joomla wil begin to require recaptcha's

Covert: Created page with "==Google's recaptcha== ===What is recaptcha and how/will it help prevent spam ?=== For answers to those questions you can look at google's page about recaptcha(https://google...."

2016-02-23T14:47:34Z

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==Google's recaptcha==
===What is recaptcha and how/will it help prevent spam ?===
For answers to those questions you can look at google's page about recaptcha(https://google.com/recaptcha)

===Installation===
This installation guide requires joomla '''3.4''' (or higher).
'''Note this installation requires captcha and recaptcha, these are different plugins and not a type error.'''

* Go to drupal's captcha page and download the appropriate version at the bottom of the page (https://www.drupal.org/project/captcha)

* Go to drupal's recaptcha page and download the appropriate version at the bottom of the page (https://www.drupal.org/project/recaptcha)

** Extract the archives into '''sites/all/modules/[recaptcha/captcha]'''respectively and relative to your own drupal installation '''(this folder may need to be created manually)'''

* Now navigate to your drupal administration page in your browser (/admin/modules)
** Search for captcha and enable it
** Search for recaptcha and enable it

* Once complete it is '''critical''' to configure your captcha setting in the web interface (/admin/config/people/captcha) '''and do not forget to enable the captcha-points (/admin/config/people/captcha/captcha-points).