Re: AntiSpam Technique: Output to images instead of text

[Ubqtous]

Jochem,

On 11/21/2003 at 10:23, you wrote:

>> Question: Would a harvester be able to piece together the ALT text
>> into a usable address?

JvD> Of course. You can do it, I can do it, so by extrapolation a spammer
JvD> can do it and adapt his scripts. But that goes for every obfuscation.
JvD> However, using:
JvD> <img src="" alt="m">
JvD> <img src="" alt="e">
JvD> <img src="" PROTECTED]" alt="@">
JvD> <img src="" alt="m">
JvD> <img src="" alt="y">
JvD> <img src="" alt="d">
JvD> <img src="" alt="o">
JvD> <img src="" alt="m">
JvD> <img src="" alt="a">
JvD> <img src="" alt="i">
JvD> <img src="" alt="n">
JvD> with arbitrary characters instead of the x is much less common as using:
JvD> &#109;&#101;&#64;&#109;&#121;&#100;&#111;&#109;&#97;&#104;&#110;
JvD> so I would expect there to be more scripts to decode the latter.

Didn't look at it that way. Thanks.

~ Ubqtous ~

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