 Release status: unmaintained |
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| Implementation | access (invalid type) |
| Description | Throttle on user account registrations |
| Author(s) | Brion Vibber (Brion VIBBERtalk) |
| MediaWiki | |
| License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
| Download | Download extension Git [?]: |
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| Quarterly downloads | 3 (Ranked 167th) |
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What this extension does
Monitors global frequency of user account registrations and throttles apparent flood attacks, regardless of origin. Not always suitable for use on large public sites, but it's been used during occasional particular vandal attacks on Wikimedia in the past.
Installation
To install this extension, add the following to LocalSettings.php:
require_once("$IP/extensions/UserThrottle/UserThrottle.php");
Configuration
You can adjust the throttle settings in $wgGlobalAccountCreationThrottle:
$wgGlobalAccountCreationThrottle = array(
'min_interval' => 5, // <translate nowrap><!--T:9--> Hard minimum time between creations</translate>
'soft_time' => 300, // <translate nowrap><!--T:10--> Timeout for rolling count</translate>
'soft_limit' => 10, // <translate nowrap><!--T:11--> 10 registrations in five minutes</translate>
);
If you legitimately have signup floods, you may wish to adjust these.
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