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Bad Behavior 1.1

June 12th, 2005 by Michael Hampton

See also the permanent page for Bad Behavior.

Security Update: All users should update to Bad Behavior 1.1 immediately to prevent malicious attacks of various types on your Web site.

Bad Behavior 1.1 is now available! It includes a number of fixes and improvements over the 1.0 series, including:

• Improved MediaWiki support. Bad Behavior now installs on MediaWiki the same as any other extension and no longer requires any unusual hacking. If you’re upgrading, please remove the hack from your index.php file.
• Trackbacks and trackback auto-discovery from Movable Type blogs work normally now. In previous versions trackback auto-discovery and trackbacks received from Movable Type blogs would be blocked in certain circumstances.
• Extensive security audit has been completed and a wide range of security fixes have been implemented.
• Several additional spambots, some masquerading as well-known search engines, have been identified and blocked.

I would like to thank everyone who has downloaded and used Bad Behavior, as well as everyone who has made monetary contributions. Stopping link spam has turned out to be an interesting and engaging project, and promises to be so for some time to come, and your support helps.

I also want to thank a few contributors to the Bad Behavior project, but they wish to remain anonymous. So here is your thanks. Download Bad Behavior now!