Posted by Blackhawk on 02/18/06 05:38

On 17 Feb 2006 16:43:49 -0800, "juglesh" <jugleshjunk@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
>ZeldorBlat wrote:
>> Blackhawk@idonthaveone.com wrote:
>> > I have a guest book and someone is raising hell with me on it. I must
>> > receive 50 entries a day and all bogus. Don't know why they have
>> > picked my site but I have to do something now to correct the on going
>> > problem.
>> >
>> > I need a security feature for my guest book. I have seen some on other
>> > boards where there is a series a letters and or numbers only the human
>> > eye can pick out and enter in order to submit an entry into the guest
>> > book. Can someone direct me to the source of this security script in
>> > php, please!
>>
>> <http://www.google.com/search?q=captcha>
>
>For this you probly dont even need captcha. Just put an extra field on
>your guestbook submit that says 'Prove you're not a spam-bot, type the
>word human in this box'. Then on the script that processes the entry,
>check to see that they have done so.
>
>Funny, I've had a guestbook on one of my sites, with no protection from
>spam, for a year now, and never had one spambot. <shrug>

I've had this site up since 1999 and this past year is the first time
I have had any problems with any of it. I believe this is not a
spam-bot and someone with a big problem. Your suggestion has opened
my mind to other avenues though, thank you.

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