Re: Recent gitlab account requests...

On 3/07/2025 06:39, Philipp Marek wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>>   Is there any vetting process for gitlab account requests or do we just
>> grant them to whomever asks for them?
> Well, I got suspicious by so many requests in short order -
> (normally we're at a dozen people a year?)
> and two requests coming in with the same name but different email addresses.
> My guess is that these are spam(mers).
>
> I already asked on IRC about that yesterday.
Most (if not all) of the requests that came in that burst are probably spam, agreed.
> With the new installation, is the old process of asking for a registration link via IRC dead?
> Would we want it again to cut down on automated (spam) account requests?

The new installation currently does not support the link-via-IRC method, I imagine that we could reinstate it.

Last time we discussed that, there was some concern as to whether link-via-IRC may be "too hard" for legitimate users, given how few people know about/use IRC these days.