Topic: new user registration requires code embedded in an image
getting a lot of spambots signing up to my forum lately
-is there a plugin for this?
-or can this feature be included in ver 1.2.16
Re: new user registration requires code embedded in an image
3 2007-04-21 05:36 (edited by trakman 2007-04-21 05:37)
Re: new user registration requires code embedded in an image
I just had 3 new spambot registrations and there are spam texts cluttering my board now...*sigh*
does anyone know if captcha or some image-based security code will be implemented into ver 1.3 or even a plugin?
-this has got to be a core feature!!!
Re: new user registration requires code embedded in an image
There's already a modification for it now and 1.3 will have anti-spam extensions. 
It's not a core feature for a couple reasons, some having to do with accessability and others having to do with performance (and the fact that not everyone has GD).
Oh, and that image you pasted is a bad example of a CAPTCHA: reading the text from that would be no trouble for a bot.
Re: new user registration requires code embedded in an image
does anyone have a sample script of what these bots do?
-would renaming register.php to something else help and what would be the repercussions?
Re: new user registration requires code embedded in an image
I'd rather think about what I'm getting for Xmas than 1.3 - it's will be a long wait 
Re: new user registration requires code embedded in an image
trakman wrote:
does anyone have a sample script of what these bots do?
-would renaming register.php to something else help and what would be the repercussions?
Not necessarily