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December 24, 2004
Will Technology Save Us All?
As part of my Movable Type upgrade, I enabled TypeKey authentication as a requirement to post comments. For the uninitiated, TypeKey is a free authentication system from Six Apart, the nice people who develop and sell Movable Type. From now on, in order to post comments here, people will need to register with TypeKey and sign in.
Is it a pain in the ass? Definitely.
Unfortunately, it's become a necessity. Like many other MT-based web logs, I've already suffered one crippling comment spam attack that brought down a hosting server at Liquid Web. There's a lot of that going around. I would imagine that, if it were to happen again, Liquid Web would require me to buy a more expensice hosting package or possibly terminate my hosting altogether.
So I beg your indulgence. I still welcome your comments, provided they're not offers to sell anyone porn, prescription drugs or online poker.
Posted by Dan at December 24, 2004 04:59 PM
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