Re: Integrated captcha?

On Wednesday, Sep 10th 2008 at 19:17 -0000, quoth Perry E. Metzger:

=>
=>"Steven W. Orr" <[email protected]> writes:
=>> There's also another system I do like called textchas which is a pute text 
=>> alternative. It's in use on the moin wiki system. Pardon the python 
=>> snippet, but here's the config setup I have here for my wiki.
=>>
=>>     textchas = {
=>>         'en': {
=>>         u'What day comes after Thursday?': ur"Friday",
=>>         u'What do you turn to start your car?': ur"Key",
=>>         u'Who is on the $100 bill?': ur"Franklin",
=>>         u'Who says "WOOF!"?': ur'Dog',
=>>         u'What flows in your veins?': ur'Blood',
=>>         u'What is the capital of Massachusetts?': ur'Boston',
=>>         u'What do you wear on your feet?': ur'Shoes',
=>>         u'What do you wear on your head?': ur'Hat',
=>>         u'Who was the first president?': ur'Washington',
=>>         u'What are trees made of?': ur'Wood',
=>>         u'How many days are there in December?': ur'31',
=>>         u'How many bases are there in baseball?': ur'4',
=>>         },
=>>         }
=>>
=>> It's sysadmin configurable and supports multiple languages.
=>
=>The problem here is that an attacker can easily find all the possible
=>questions within a few minutes.

The idea is to foil robots. Not people.

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