Re: Website email address harvesting protection

[Velislav K Pavlov <VelislavPavlov () FERRIS EDU>]

Not a bullet-proof, but a web app firewall can help limit some web content scraping. Depending on the WAF, you should 
be able to configure legit bot scraping for SEO and illegit scraping including email harvesting. Feel free to email me 
privately.

Vel Pavlov | Coordinator, IT Security
M.Sc. ISM, CISSP, C|HFI, C|EH, C)PTE,
Security+, CNA, MPCS, ITILv3F, A+
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Subject: [SECURITY] Website email address harvesting protection

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Our web site, running in WordPress, contains far too many plain text email addresses that are easily scraped for 
spamming, phishing, etc. We don't have much web development expertise, so I'm looking for a straightforward way to 
better hide or obfuscate email addresses through something like a WordPress plugin. Any recommendations for solutions 
you are currently using? Any other advice or suggestions?

Thomas Carter
Network & Operations Manager / IT
Austin College
900 North Grand Avenue
Sherman, TX 75090
Phone: 903-813-2564
www.austincollege.edu<http://www.austincollege.edu/>
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