Published: Wed, 01/27/16Download this episodeHoneypot

• What is the Honeypot module?
• What prompted you to contribute the Honeypot module? Why was it originally created?
  Flocknote (two employers ago) user registration
  A bunch of my blogs / comments
• What methods or techniques does honeypot use to detect bots?
  A literal ‘honeypot’
  Time delay
• What types of foms can it protect?
• What’s different about Honeypot vs. other spam prevention modules like CAPTCHA and Mollom?
  Avoid punishing the user (explain)

Drupal 8 and Future of Honeypot

• How did the port of Honeypot to Drupal 8 go?
• Have you started developing new sites in Drupal 8? And if so, how’s that going?
• How have spammers adapted to tools like Honeypot, and how do you try to keep ahead of them?” “More spam getting through Honeypot lately” (https://www.drupal.org/node/2646380)

Community Issues

• You’re also involved a bit in other open source communities for projects like Ansible. How does the Drupal community compare? What are some things you would like to see improved?
• Is there anything you’ve done to make sure you can continue to maintain this open source project among many others both on drupal.org and github, and not get burned out?

Episode Links: Jeff Geerling on drupal.orgJeff Geerling on TwitterHoneypotAnsible for DevOpsDrupal VMTags: SpamDrupal 8planet-drupal