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[nycphp-talk] NEW PHundamentals Question

Chris Shiflett shiflett at php.net
Tue Feb 10 02:27:13 EST 2004


--- Chris Shiflett <shiflett at php.net> wrote:
> 1. Captchas. As Jon mentioned, these are pretty popular, and they're
> quite effective.

I should also have mentioned that these were designed to prevent
automation, not to prevent spoofing. That's why they're not very realistic
for solving this specific problem, even though they do provide some
protection.

Chris

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