From: David Ross Date: 2004-09-28T20:29:40+09:00 Subject: Re: RubyGarden Spam Yes. Captcha analyzers would work on it, but only to an extent. If you make it right to where it is so mixed its not just text that will squigle..*complicated) lines, to where it should be able to confuse an AI. the squigly letters are a sign of novice ;). I certainly don't use them. If I were to make one it would be really confusing as to not look like words or anything to an analyzer. Wiki spam is ridiculous. Of course they are going to keep doing it, considerations should have been thought of before writing the Wiki software. security should be the ultimate goal in any software because there are nasty people out there that would exploit it. --dross --- Austin Ziegler wrote: > On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:39:59 +0900, David Ross > wrote: > > You should create a way to generate images with > text > > verification. This would eliminate spam. > > Captchas can generally be defeated by programs and > violate usability > standards in any case unless there's a fallback -- > which would likely > be able to be used by spammers to continue their > process. > > -austin > -- > Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com > * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca > : as of this email, I have [ 6 ] Gmail invitations > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail