Re: [pysqlite] [OT] Trac spam
"Joshua J. Kugler" <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:46:47 -0800
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.python.db.pysqlite.user |
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| Organization | EE Internet |
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On Wednesday 22 April 2009, Gerhard H=E4ring said something like: > Trac spam has become a lot better since I introduced my custom > ReCaptcha registration module. > > Apparently manpower is too cheap, especially that using Chinese DSL > providers, so I switched away from ReCaptcha and put a new challenge > in there where you need to have a Python prompt available when you > want to register a Trac account ;-) > > http://oss.itsystementwicklung.de/trac/pysqlite/register Won't that be even easier for bots? They can just scrape the screen and = feed it to a Python parser. But since your site is probably the only = one out there using "Python CAPTCHA," you're probably safe for now. :) j -- = Joshua Kugler Part-Time System Admin/Programmer http://www.eeinternet.com PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ =A0ID 0xDB26D7CE