Hey All I'm wondering if anyone has a module that will generate the randomized images that are so common these days in registration forms to verify that the user is a human. Or, alternativly, other strategies to block spamming of registration forms by bots or other automated methods. Thanks! Ed
On 12/7/05, Ed Colmar <ed@greengraphics.net> wrote:
Hey All
I'm wondering if anyone has a module that will generate the randomized images that are so common these days in registration forms to verify that the user is a human. Or, alternativly, other strategies to block spamming of registration forms by bots or other automated methods.
Search the list - this came up before. I recall pycaptcha http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycaptcha http://freshmeat.net/projects/pycaptcha/ IIRC, when I downloaded it I ran into some problems running it. Indeed, the demo site for it has an ImportError. Rob
Robert Boyd wrote:
On 12/7/05, Ed Colmar <ed@greengraphics.net> wrote:
Hey All
I'm wondering if anyone has a module that will generate the randomized images that are so common these days in registration forms to verify that the user is a human. Or, alternativly, other strategies to block spamming of registration forms by bots or other automated methods.
Search the list - this came up before. I recall pycaptcha http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycaptcha http://freshmeat.net/projects/pycaptcha/
IIRC, when I downloaded it I ran into some problems running it. Indeed, the demo site for it has an ImportError.
Rob
I'd use Python Imaging Library or PythonMagick to create some random text and apply some filters on it. http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ http://starship.python.net/crew/zack/pymagick/ /JM
Ed Colmar wrote:
Hey All
I'm wondering if anyone has a module that will generate the randomized images that are so common these days in registration forms to verify that the user is a human. Or, alternativly, other strategies to block spamming of registration forms by bots or other automated methods.
W3.org warns that using CAPTCHA on the Web is actually a bad idea as it poses problems for those who are blind, have low vision or have a learning disability such as dyslexia -- the document examines a number of potential solutions that allow systems to test for human users. http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/NOTE-turingtest-20051123/ Just for your reading room ;) Michael -- http://zope.org/Members/d2m http://planetzope.org
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