[WebDNA] Captcha question (and free code)

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2009


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 103435
interpreted = N
texte = --Boundary-00=_5h/kK4OXXl7GWOw Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Do hackers these days use scripts that: 1- read the content of a web page 2- extract strings like "two hundred eighty three" 3- convert them into numbers like "283" 4- enter these values into blank form fields ... so they can get past text-based captcha systems designed to prevent forms from being submitted by hackers? Sincerely, Ken Grome P.S. I'm giving the code away free but I don't think file attachments are allowed in this talk list so you'll have to get it from my website. Please do not redistribute this file without my permission, thanks: http://kengrome.com/downloads/captcha.tpl.zip Here's my description so you can figure out if it's worth downloading *before* you download: This captcha.tpl page creates a word-based captcha system entirely in webdna with no cookies or database required. It displays a 6-digit number as words. To answer the captcha challenge correctly the visitor must translate this value into corresponding numeric digits. Here's how to use this file: 1- Place this captcha.tpl file somewhere inside your web folder hierarchy 2- Place an [include /path/to/captcha.tpl] tag at the top of the form page you want to protect 3- Insert this hidden form field into the form: 4- Insert this text input field into the form: 5- Place the [captchaWords] tag on the page wherever you want the "number-as-words" text to appear The first part of the system is done, now let's proceed with the second part. Use these showif's on the page that receives the form post to determine whether or not the visitor typed the correct answer to the captchaAnswer field, then change what's inside the showif's to show the proper code based on the visitor's captcha answer: [code removed for clarity in this email] When you uncomment the following webdna comment section you can test this captcha system entirely within this file before installing it in your website: [code removed for clarity in this email] --Boundary-00=_5h/kK4OXXl7GWOw Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Do hackers these days use scripts that:


1- read the content of a web page
2- extract strings like "two hundred eighty three"
3- convert them into numbers like "283"
4- enter these values into blank form fields


... so they can get past text-based captcha systems designed to prevent forms from being submitted by hackers?


Sincerely,
Ken Grome




P.S. I'm giving the code away free but I don't think file attachments are allowed in this talk list so you'll have to get it from my website. Please do not redistribute this file without my permission, thanks:


http://kengrome.com/downloads/captcha.tpl.zip


Here's my description so you can figure out if it's worth downloading *before* you download:


This captcha.tpl page creates a word-based captcha system entirely in webdna with no cookies or database required. It displays a 6-digit number as words. To answer the captcha challenge correctly the visitor must translate this value into corresponding numeric digits.


Here's how to use this file:


1- Place this captcha.tpl file somewhere inside your web folder hierarchy


2- Place an [include /path/to/captcha.tpl] tag at the top of the form page you want to protect


3- Insert this hidden form field into the form: <input type=hidden name=captchaLookup value=[captchaLookup]>


4- Insert this text input field into the form: <input type=text name=captchaAnswer>


5- Place the [captchaWords] tag on the page wherever you want the "number-as-words" text to appear


The first part of the system is done, now let's proceed with the second part. Use these showif's on the page that receives the form post to determine whether or not the visitor typed the correct answer to the captchaAnswer field, then change what's inside the showif's to show the proper code based on the visitor's captcha answer:


[code removed for clarity in this email]


When you uncomment the following webdna comment section
you can test this captcha system entirely within this file
before installing it in your website:


[code removed for clarity in this email]

--Boundary-00=_5h/kK4OXXl7GWOw-- Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] Captcha question (and free code) (Stuart Tremain 2009)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] Captcha question (and free code) (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] Captcha question (and free code) (Stuart Tremain 2009)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] Captcha question (and free code) (Stuart Tremain 2009)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] Captcha question (and free code) (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] Captcha question (and free code) (Clint Davis 2009)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] Captcha question (and free code) (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] Captcha question (and free code) ("Dan Strong" 2009)
  9. Re: [WebDNA] Captcha question (and free code) (William DeVaul 2009)
  10. Re: [WebDNA] Captcha question (and free code) (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  11. Re: [WebDNA] Captcha question (and free code) ( 2009)
  12. [WebDNA] Captcha question (and free code) (Kenneth Grome 2009)
--Boundary-00=_5h/kK4OXXl7GWOw Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Do hackers these days use scripts that: 1- read the content of a web page 2- extract strings like "two hundred eighty three" 3- convert them into numbers like "283" 4- enter these values into blank form fields ... so they can get past text-based captcha systems designed to prevent forms from being submitted by hackers? Sincerely, Ken Grome P.S. I'm giving the code away free but I don't think file attachments are allowed in this Talk List so you'll have to get it from my website. Please do not redistribute this file without my permission, thanks: http://kengrome.com/downloads/captcha.tpl.zip Here's my description so you can figure out if it's worth downloading *before* you download: This captcha.tpl page creates a word-based captcha system entirely in webdna with no cookies or database required. It displays a 6-digit number as words. To answer the captcha challenge correctly the visitor must translate this value into corresponding numeric digits. Here's how to use this file: 1- Place this captcha.tpl file somewhere inside your web folder hierarchy 2- Place an [include /path/to/captcha.tpl] tag at the top of the form page you want to protect 3- Insert this hidden form field into the form: 4- Insert this text input field into the form: 5- Place the [captchaWords] tag on the page wherever you want the "number-as-words" text to appear The first part of the system is done, now let's proceed with the second part. Use these showif's on the page that receives the form post to determine whether or not the visitor typed the correct answer to the captchaAnswer field, then change what's inside the showif's to show the proper code based on the visitor's captcha answer: [code removed for clarity in this email] When you uncomment the following webdna comment section you can test this captcha system entirely within this file before installing it in your website: [code removed for clarity in this email] --Boundary-00=_5h/kK4OXXl7GWOw Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Do hackers these days use scripts that:


1- read the content of a web page
2- extract strings like "two hundred eighty three"
3- convert them into numbers like "283"
4- enter these values into blank form fields


... so they can get past text-based captcha systems designed to prevent forms from being submitted by hackers?


Sincerely,
Ken Grome




P.S. I'm giving the code away free but I don't think file attachments are allowed in this Talk List so you'll have to get it from my website. Please do not redistribute this file without my permission, thanks:


http://kengrome.com/downloads/captcha.tpl.zip


Here's my description so you can figure out if it's worth downloading *before* you download:


This captcha.tpl page creates a word-based captcha system entirely in webdna with no cookies or database required. It displays a 6-digit number as words. To answer the captcha challenge correctly the visitor must translate this value into corresponding numeric digits.


Here's how to use this file:


1- Place this captcha.tpl file somewhere inside your web folder hierarchy


2- Place an [include /path/to/captcha.tpl] tag at the top of the form page you want to protect


3- Insert this hidden form field into the form: <input type=hidden name=captchaLookup value=[captchaLookup]>


4- Insert this text input field into the form: <input type=text name=captchaAnswer>


5- Place the [captchaWords] tag on the page wherever you want the "number-as-words" text to appear


The first part of the system is done, now let's proceed with the second part. Use these showif's on the page that receives the form post to determine whether or not the visitor typed the correct answer to the captchaAnswer field, then change what's inside the showif's to show the proper code based on the visitor's captcha answer:


[code removed for clarity in this email]


When you uncomment the following webdna comment section
you can test this captcha system entirely within this file
before installing it in your website:


[code removed for clarity in this email]

--Boundary-00=_5h/kK4OXXl7GWOw-- Kenneth Grome

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