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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Thanks again John</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">i just looked at the request table ... very interesting :-) Storing the
</font><font size="2" color="#1F497D" face="Calibri">the privacy statement</font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">&nbsp;is a good idea</font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Kind regards<br>
Jens<br>
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Jens Witzel<br>
Zentrale Informatik<br>
Universität Zürich<br>
Stampfenbachstrasse 73<br>
CH-8006 Zürich<br>
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mail: &nbsp;jens.witzel@uzh.ch<br>
phone: +41 44 63 56777<br>
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<img width="16" height="16" src="cid:1__=4EBB0DDCDFDE82408f9e8a93df938690918c4EBB0DDCDFDE8240@lotus.uzh.ch" border="0" alt="Inactive hide details for &quot;John Salter&quot; ---13.09.2021 16:00:07---Yes - the privacy statement is a field that was added to the r"><font size="2" color="#424282" face="sans-serif">&quot;John
 Salter&quot; ---13.09.2021 16:00:07---Yes - the privacy statement is a field that was added to the request dataset. It is stored as the ve</font><br>
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<font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">Von: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">&quot;John Salter&quot; &lt;J.Salter@leeds.ac.uk&gt;</font><br>
<font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">An: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">&quot;jens.witzel@uzh.ch&quot; &lt;jens.witzel@uzh.ch&gt;</font><br>
<font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">Kopie: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">&quot;eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk&quot; &lt;eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk&gt;</font><br>
<font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">Datum: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">13.09.2021 16:00</font><br>
<font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="sans-serif">Betreff: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">RE: Antwort: Re: [EP-tech] Spam to submitter via &quot;Copy request&quot; form</font><br>
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<font size="2" color="#1F497D" face="Calibri">Yes - the privacy statement is a field that was added to the request dataset.</font><br>
<font size="2" color="#1F497D" face="Calibri">It is stored as the version of the privacy statement that was agreed e.g. 'request_v1'.</font><br>
<font size="2" color="#1F497D" face="Calibri">We only have one version at the moment, but if we revised this to make a v2 statement, we would store 'request_v2' in the database.</font><br>
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<font size="2" color="#1F497D" face="Calibri">Cheers,</font><br>
<font size="2" color="#1F497D" face="Calibri">John</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><b>From:</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri">&nbsp;jens.witzel@uzh.ch [</font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><a href="mailto:jens.witzel@uzh.ch">mailto:jens.witzel@uzh.ch</a></font><font size="2" face="Calibri">]
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Sent:</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri">&nbsp;13 September 2021 14:47</font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b><br>
To:</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri">&nbsp;John Salter &lt;J.Salter@leeds.ac.uk&gt;</font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b><br>
Cc:</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri">&nbsp;eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk; jens.witzel@uzh.ch</font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b><br>
Subject:</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri">&nbsp;Antwort: Re: [EP-tech] Spam to submitter via &quot;Copy request&quot; form</font><br>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi John</font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><br>
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thanks a lot for your quick answer. I'll keep an eye on it. Q: Do you store the &quot;</font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Privacy Agreement&quot;
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Of cause we analyse apaches logfiles and feed our badbot list, but unfortunately at the moment of sending the form it's to late ;-)</font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><br>
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Anybody else doing the same or something different?<br>
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Cheers<br>
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-- <br>
Jens Witzel<br>
Zentrale Informatik<br>
Universität Zürich<br>
Stampfenbachstrasse 73<br>
CH-8006 Zürich<br>
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mail: &nbsp;</font><a href="mailto:jens.witzel@uzh.ch"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>jens.witzel@uzh.ch</u></font></a><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>
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 Salter&quot; ---13.09.2021 15:30:46---Hi Jens, We use the recaptcha stuff e.g. </font>
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Von: </font><font size="1" face="Arial">&quot;John Salter&quot; &lt;</font><a href="mailto:J.Salter@leeds.ac.uk"><font size="1" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>J.Salter@leeds.ac.uk</u></font></a><font size="1" face="Arial">&gt;</font><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="Arial"><br>
An: </font><font size="1" face="Arial">&quot;</font><a href="mailto:eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk"><font size="1" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk</u></font></a><font size="1" face="Arial">&quot; &lt;</font><a href="mailto:eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk"><font size="1" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk</u></font></a><font size="1" face="Arial">&gt;,
 &quot;</font><a href="mailto:jens.witzel@uzh.ch"><font size="1" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>jens.witzel@uzh.ch</u></font></a><font size="1" face="Arial">&quot; &lt;</font><a href="mailto:jens.witzel@uzh.ch"><font size="1" color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u>jens.witzel@uzh.ch</u></font></a><font size="1" face="Arial">&gt;</font><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="Arial"><br>
Datum: </font><font size="1" face="Arial">13.09.2021 15:30</font><font size="1" color="#5F5F5F" face="Arial"><br>
Betreff: </font><font size="1" face="Arial">Re: [EP-tech] Spam to submitter via &quot;Copy request&quot; form</font><br>
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Hi Jens,<br>
We use the recaptcha stuff e.g. </font><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.whiterose.ac.uk%2Fcgi%2Frequest_doc%3Fdocid%3D2348396&amp;data=04%7C01%7Ceprints-tech%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C2be7549d0d06467ce72f08d976c17943%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637671396824211997%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&amp;sdata=PRrL8UgWgvE8M4zgXZZqlFyo0ixuRWiEswrFP%2FGP4gw%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/cgi/request_doc?docid=2348396" shash="WvTqKYi3QAfIpbjgKHi8DBg3E8Y+nq4WC3hlffPBP8Y68MWMeKSBcGsGhNh+T4kdYBcICzfNx4hMw936u+R2Hw9fUaVXWKX33jM2tNhc94DPFdKrUyAHTcPOMMcPlgqyk/xQvD0odUgHTGIgJAagHbCTISkKm/qPTWO8j1rNNZ8="><font size="3" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/cgi/request_doc?docid=2348396</u></font></a><font size="3" face="Calibri">&nbsp;.<br>
The google.com version and recaptcha.net are essentially the same thing - but recaptcha.net isn't blocked in e.g. China, so we use that.</font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><br>
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This does work well for us, and we also use recaptcha.net on our account creation and 'contact us' pages on our eTheses repository.</font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><br>
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As the request details are stored in the EPrints database, you could do some analysis of these spam requests, and see if there are common themes - e.g. links in the request reason, or email addresses supplied?<br>
You could also look at historic Apache logs and see if they all originate from the same place?</font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><br>
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Cheers,<br>
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From:</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri">&nbsp;</font><a href="mailto:eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</u></font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri">&nbsp;&lt;</font><a href="mailto:eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>eprints-tech-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</u></font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri">&gt;
 on behalf of jens.witzel--- via Eprints-tech &lt;</font><a href="mailto:eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk</u></font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri">&gt;</font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b><br>
Sent:</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri">&nbsp;13 September 2021 13:34</font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b><br>
To:</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri">&nbsp;</font><a href="mailto:eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk</u></font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri">&nbsp;&lt;</font><a href="mailto:eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri"><u>eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk</u></font></a><font size="2" face="Calibri">&gt;</font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><b><br>
Subject:</b></font><font size="2" face="Calibri">&nbsp;[EP-tech] Spam to submitter via &quot;Copy request&quot; form</font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;<br>
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Hi out there<br>
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we have received some feedback regarding spam via the &quot;Copy Request&quot;. Lots of emails gone to one submitter. Does anybody use any capture or something else in this direction?<br>
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First I found something in /usr/local/eprints/lib/workflows/request/default.xml (line 22ff.) - using googles capture
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 for sure we will have problems with data privacy.<br>
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Second i found some hints in the Eprints wiki: A captcha pseudo-field based on </font>
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Anything else? Cookies, Perl driven stuff? What do you guys use?<br>
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Every hint is welcome<br>
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Jens<br>
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Jens Witzel<br>
Zentrale Informatik<br>
Universität Zürich<br>
Stampfenbachstrasse 73<br>
CH-8006 Zürich<br>
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