Comments on: Are your sneakers tied? http://bbspam.com/2007/08/12/are-your-sneakers-tied/ Stories from the web spam fighters Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:35:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Spam Bots and CAPTCHAs » Blog Archive » The Opera’s Not Over Until The Fat Lady Sings http://bbspam.com/2007/08/12/are-your-sneakers-tied/#comment-117 Spam Bots and CAPTCHAs » Blog Archive » The Opera’s Not Over Until The Fat Lady Sings Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:29:29 +0000 http://bbspam.com/2007/08/12/are-your-sneakers-tied/#comment-117 [...] ACD is smart enough to stay ahead of the spammers, and that’s all that needs to happen to get the job done. That sort of reminds me of the two guys that were being chased by a bear. One of them quickly figured out the secret of avoiding being eaten alive. You can learn that secret and see how it applies to spam protection, by clicking here. [...] […] ACD is smart enough to stay ahead of the spammers, and that’s all that needs to happen to get the job done. That sort of reminds me of the two guys that were being chased by a bear. One of them quickly figured out the secret of avoiding being eaten alive. You can learn that secret and see how it applies to spam protection, by clicking here. […]

]]> By: olpa http://bbspam.com/2007/08/12/are-your-sneakers-tied/#comment-57 olpa Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:28:35 +0000 http://bbspam.com/2007/08/12/are-your-sneakers-tied/#comment-57 Yes, it should work, at least for some time. But some spammers are like crazy. They spam to any web form they can found. I don't understand why. Yes, it should work, at least for some time. But some spammers are like crazy. They spam to any web form they can found. I don’t understand why.

]]> By: Michael Hartley http://bbspam.com/2007/08/12/are-your-sneakers-tied/#comment-56 Michael Hartley Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:55:40 +0000 http://bbspam.com/2007/08/12/are-your-sneakers-tied/#comment-56 On my website's 'email me' page, I have a form, with a big text area. After a while, I started getting an email a day full of pornographic links! The solution? Change my text area's 'name' attribute from 'comments' to 'zurbology'. I suppose the spammer's script thought my email-me form was a guestbook form! On my website’s ‘email me’ page, I have a form, with a big text area. After a while, I started getting an email a day full of pornographic links!

The solution? Change my text area’s ‘name’ attribute from ‘comments’ to ‘zurbology’.

I suppose the spammer’s script thought my email-me form was a guestbook form!

]]> By: Spam Bots and CAPTCHAs » Blog Archive » How does Advanced Textual Confirmation work http://bbspam.com/2007/08/12/are-your-sneakers-tied/#comment-43 Spam Bots and CAPTCHAs » Blog Archive » How does Advanced Textual Confirmation work Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:41:26 +0000 http://bbspam.com/2007/08/12/are-your-sneakers-tied/#comment-43 [...] The first method is the most obvious, many people think it compromises the protection, but I (and practice) disagree. The arguments are in this blog post: “Are your sneakers tied?” [...] […] The first method is the most obvious, many people think it compromises the protection, but I (and practice) disagree. The arguments are in this blog post: “Are your sneakers tied?” […]

]]> By: olpa http://bbspam.com/2007/08/12/are-your-sneakers-tied/#comment-28 olpa Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:31:05 +0000 http://bbspam.com/2007/08/12/are-your-sneakers-tied/#comment-28 Here is the same idea, expressed in other words. foundin phpbb.com forum: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=3172783#p3172783 No hacker is going to waste a nanosecond to get past your security, even if it's simple. Just to add one single forum to their collection. They have what, ten thousand other forums to worry about? Do they have time to spend even fifteen seconds per forum? No. So all you need to do is break their automation by making your registration process different from all the other forums on the internet and implementing a solution that has several variables. Here is the same idea, expressed in other words. foundin phpbb.com forum:
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=3172783#p3172783

No hacker is going to waste a nanosecond to get past your security, even if it’s simple. Just to add one single forum to their collection. They have what, ten thousand other forums to worry about? Do they have time to spend even fifteen seconds per forum? No. So all you need to do is break their automation by making your registration process different from all the other forums on the internet and implementing a solution that has several variables.

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