From: Robbie Carlton Date: 2005-09-19T20:54:08+09:00 Subject: Re: Capcha in ruby ------=_Part_25356_29278647.1127130846051 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline But they stop the average spambot, which is what they're for I think. The simplest accessible alternative would be email verification, but this= =20 obviously slows the whole thing down. Has anyone thought of an accessible alternative that can be embedded on the= =20 page? On 9/19/05, Austin Ziegler wrote: >=20 > On 9/19/05, Federico wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm creating a public registration process in rails and I would like to > > add some kind of spam filtering... > > Anyone knows about a library/implementation/gem of the capcha anti-spam > > in ruby or better already integrated into rails (validates_capcha)? >=20 > Remember, though, that CAPTCHAs are NOT accessible, and you may need > to provide an alternate means for verification that is as secure. > CAPTCHAs are also imperfect and have been shown to be able to be > broken by computer programs. >=20 > -austin > -- > Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com > * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca >=20 > ------=_Part_25356_29278647.1127130846051--