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[nycphp-talk] capricious submission of forms

Chris Shiflett shiflett at php.net
Mon Feb 12 12:40:13 EST 2007


Rolan Yang wrote:
> The spam robot won't know which submit button to push, but a human
> will only see one button because the css is hiding the rest.

This is similar to a technique already being used, where fake form
fields are present, and they're hidden from the interface. Most robots
aren't clever enough to notice, so they'll provide information in the
fields, giving you a reason to drop the request.

Chris

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