5 October 2007

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Countering the SmartBots

The vandal bots are getting smarter, we've been using the ConfirmEdit extension in its default state which requires new users to answer a simple mathematical question upon registering. But tonight a number of them have managed to sign up successfully passing the basic CAPTCHA. So I've now upgraded the configuration to the next level of difficulty using the familiar form of image CAPTCHA which sometimes comes up with some very strange word combinations such as the one shown to the right.