Re: Integrated captcha?

"Perry E. Metzger" <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:48:15 -0400
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"Steven W. Orr" <[email protected]> writes:
> =>>     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.

People program the robots. A person can feed the right program into
the robot in a couple of minutes given a mechanism like that.

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Perry E. Metzger		[email protected]