[wp-forums] WP attacks sticky?

Otto otto at ottodestruct.com
Fri Apr 12 15:21:42 UTC 2013


Which codex article?

Also, I'm seeing a lot of people around the web in general this
morning who don't seem to understand what "brute force" means and a
lot of misunderstanding in thinking that this is a WP flaw or some
such. A codex article that explains a) brute force, and b) this is why
it's a good idea to use good passwords, might be a good resource to
point people to.

-Otto


On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Mika Epstein <ipstenu at ipstenu.org> wrote:
> I'm really torn on this, especially once I found out that the directions I posted on my site were being semi-circumvented... Like I have reports that the botnet is now only attacking a couple times per IP, which is outright horrifying. The numbers are psycho (though its not just focused in WP right now, Joomla got nailed too).
>
> Anyway, we have a post:
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/global-wordpress-attacks-modlook?replies=2
>
> I think it would be better to beef the codex article and make a sticky linking to that instead. Anyone up for it?
>
> On Apr 12, 2013, at 5:53 AM, Mark Ratledge <mark at markratledge.com> wrote:
>
>> Do we need a sticky in How-To and Troubleshooting about the WP attacks? re: http://blog.hostgator.com/2013/04/11/global-wordpress-brute-force-flood/
>>
>> -- Mark
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