'''Use the Regex Policy Daemon as antispam backend'''

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I've written a small dameon which manages lists of regular expessions an can filter content against them.
 http://www.pipapo.org/pipawiki/RegexPolicyDaemon

For MoinMoin it could be used for..
 * Match against different lists. examples:
  * ip/hostmask/name when creating accounts
  * ip/hostmask/name for edits
  * content matching blacklist as antispam does currently
  * whitelists are also possible
 * Build a Peer to Peer system where you can also distribute your lists
 * Regex can have an 'atime' which is updated when the list is matched
 * There is are 'expire' and 'filter' commands which let one remove rules which are not triggered for a certain time.
 * Lists can be syncronized, importing new rules or only update 'atimes' of existing rules from others
 * merge and filter can be used to create your personal crafted lists from different sources 


= What problems will be solved? =

The current Antispam...
 * .. does not scale.
  The blacklist is ever growing and no one knows which patterns are effectively blocking spam.
 * .. is centralized.
  * Thats a single point of failure.
  * Adds load to the moinmaster.
  * Is a single point for attack, as well as spammers could use the known patterns to circumvent the system.
 * .. is a single blacklist.
  * A wiki admin can't decide what to block and what not, he has only an all or nothing option. 
  * Only content and only page edits are processed, metadata, hostmasks etc are not checked.

= Is this features useful to most users or just to specific users? =
The wiki needs to be able to connect to a rxpd, preferably locally running, but a remote rxpd would work too. Since it is intended to be a peer to peer system it will benefit from more users using it.

= Plan =
I will modify 'antispam.py' to an 'antispam_rxpd.py' which then is an drop in replacement to use rxpd. My intention is to offer an alternative to the current antispam system, not a new replacement. I would appreciate any help for the python part. Contact me on irc.freenode.net 'cehteh'.

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