Posted by bish on 02/18/06 21:35

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:38:33 GMT, Blackhawk@idonhaceone.com wrote:

>>>On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 05:29:22 -0000, Jasen Betts <jasen@free.net.nz>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 2006-02-17, Blackhawk@idonthaveone.com <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!
>>>>
>>>>here's one I wrote this afternoon, just to see if it could be done
>>>>efficently enough in PHP...
>>>>
>>>>all the trig (sin()) calls had me worried, but my fears were unfounded trig
>>>>is much faster on a pentium than it is on an 80386 which was the last time
>>>>I played with trig-intensive code.
>>>>
>>>>when it comes time to validate you may need to map 0 to O and I to 1
>>>>
>>>>this code needs the GD library and a TTF font for the text, I used one that
>>>>was already installed here, but you may need to upload one to your web server.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>><?php // human passgate version 1.0
>>>>// generate a random text image and store the code in $_SESSION['code']
>>>>session_start();
>>>>$iw=500; // width of the text
>>>>$ih=100; // height of the text
>>>>$r=30; //distortion radius - final image is this much larger in all directions
>>>>$f=100; //fraggedness amount of distortion
>>>>
>>>>$str=strtoupper(base_convert(rand(1679616,60466176),10,36));
>>>>$_SESSION['code']=$str;
>>>>
>>>>$im = @imagecreate($iw+4*$r,$ih+4*$r)
>>>> or die("Cannot Initialize new GD image stream");
>>>>$background_color = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0,0);
>>>>$box_color = imagecolorallocate($im,255,255,255);
>>>>imagefilledrectangle($im,$r*2,$r*2,$r*2+$iw,$r*2+$ih,$box_color);
>>>>$tc = imagecolorallocate($im, 233, 14, 91);
>>>>imagefttext ($im,$ih, 0, 2*$r,$ih+2*$r, $tc,
>>>> "/var/lib/defoma/gs.d/dirs/fonts/FreeSans.ttf" ,
>>>> $str );
>>>>
>>>>$fr=$f/$r/20000
>>>>$pxx0=rand(0,360)/180*pi();
>>>>$pxy0=rand(0,360)/180*pi();
>>>>$pyx0=rand(0,360)/180*pi();
>>>>$pyy0=rand(0,360)/180*pi();
>>>>$fxx=rand(150,200)*$fr;
>>>>$fxy=rand(150,200)*$fr;
>>>>$fyx=rand(150,200)*$fr;
>>>>$fyy=rand(150,200)*$fr;
>>>>
>>>>$maxx=$iw+2*$r;
>>>>$maxy=$ih+2*$r;
>>>>
>>>>$img=imagecreate($maxx,$maxy);
>>>>
>>>>$pxx=$pxx0;
>>>>$pxy=$pxy0;
>>>>
>>>>$ga = imagecolorallocate($img, 0, 0,0);
>>>>$go = imagecolorallocate($img,255,255,255);
>>>>$gf = imagecolorallocate($img, 233, 14, 91);
>>>>
>>>>for($x=0;$x<$maxx;$x++)
>>>>{
>>>> $pyx=$pyx0;
>>>> $pyy=$pyy0;
>>>> $oxx=sin($pxx+=$fxx);
>>>> $oyy=sin($pxy+=$fxy);
>>>> for($y=0;$y<$maxy;$y++)
>>>> {
>>>> $px=$oxx*sin($pyx+=$fyx)*$r+$r;
>>>> $py=$oyy*sin($pyy+=$fyy)*$r+$r;
>>>> $p=imagecolorat($im,$x+$px,$y+$py);
>>>> imagesetpixel($img,$x,$y,$p);
>>>> }
>>>>}
>>>>header("Content-type: image/png");
>>>>imagepng($img);
>>>>imagedestroy($im);
>>>>imagedestroy($img);
>>>>?>
>>>>
>>>>Bye.
>>>> Jasen
>>>
>>>Jasen,
>>>Nicely done, would never had thought of this script. What is the GD
>>>library?
>>>
>>>You got me thinking with this information of pre-designed series of
>>>individual graphic blocks images with alpha and numeric symbols,
>>>slightly askew and miss shaped. These image blocks can be randomly
>>>called side by side to form a series of alpha and numeric symbols the
>>>human would then have to enter on a line to be tested in order to
>>>submit the entry to the guest book. That would be another way of
>>>doing what you are doing here but for the simple minded ones like me.
>>>LOL
>>>
>>>I need to try your script but the GD library has me stumped!
>>>
>>>Thank you so much for this help.


Ask your web host if it is installed on his servers.

Put "GD library" into alltheweb.com and you get this -

What is the GD library? GD is an open source code library for the
dynamic creation of images by programmers. GD is written in C, and
"wrappers" are available for Perl, PHP and other languages. GD
creates PNG, JPEG and GIF images, among other formats. GD is
commonly used to generate charts, graphics, thumbnails, and most
anything else, on the fly. While not restricted to use on the web,
the most common applications of GD involve web site development.

I've never used it myself, but then I've never had a need to.

HTH.

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