Case Study
Drupal.org keeps spammers out of its community and bad content off its websites with Distil Networks' browser fingerprinting technology
Drupal.org keeps spammers out of its community and bad content off its websites with Distil Networks' browser fingerprinting technology
Drupal.org Drupal.org keeps spammers out of its community and bad content off its websites with Distil Networks' browser fingerprinting technology www.distilnetworks.com sales@distilnetworks.com 1.866.598.6787 2 BOT BUSTER Ryan Aslett, Backend Developer Services Engineer COMPANY Drupal.org INDUSTRY Information Technology CHALLENGES • Spammers were creating bogus accounts on the Drupal website in order to post spam links and content • Volunteers and staffers were wasting time removing bad content • Fake accounts and spam pollute the community engagement metrics DEPLOYMENT Distil Cloud CDN RESULTS • Blocking spammers from registering accounts prevents a whole chain of negative activity from happening • Resources devoted to spam removal have gone from about 2 FTE to a fract