Copyright (c) 2003 Alex Pleiner - zeitform Internet Dienste. alex@zeitform.de - http://www.zeitform.de. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. -------- Abstract -------- Apache::AntiSpam::SpamTrap is a subclass of Apache::AntiSpam, filter module to prevent e-mail addresses exposed as is on web pages. This module adds a Blowfish encrypted string suffix to the local-part of e-mail addresses. This string contains a timestamp and the IP address of the remote host. This enables you to identify a spammer's address harvester by its IP address and take steps to prosecute him. The encryption prevents faking and may help in a prosecuting attemp. For example, will be filtered to . This module is Filter aware, meaning that it can work within Apache::Filter framework without modification. This work is based on the Apache::AntiSpam::* modules provided by Tatsuhiko Miyagawa . The idea is taken from Daniel A. Rehbein (http://daniel.rehbein.net/). ------------ Requirements ------------ This module requires: - Apache::AntiSpam - Crypt::Blowfish The requirements are encoded in Makefile.PL. ------------------ Basic Installation ------------------ Apache::AntiSpam::SpamTrap may be installed through the CPAN shell in the usual CPAN shell manner. This typically is: $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install Apache::AntiSpam::SpamTrap' You can also read this README from the CPAN shell: $ perl -MCPAN -e shell cpan> readme Apache::AntiSpam::SpamTrap And you can install the component from the CPAN prompt as well: cpan> install Apache::AntiSpam::SpamTrap ------------------- Manual Installation ------------------- Apache::AntiSpam::SpamTrap can also be installed manually. Download the package from: http://alex.zeitform.de/spamtrap/ Downloading and unpacking the distribution are left as exercises for the reader. To build and test it: perl Makefile.PL make test When you're ready to install the component: make install It should now be ready to use.