Crackers and hackers use automated tools to break username/passwords on a site. The existence of a 'capture' system (captcha, cognitive, etc), is to further stop them from getting through. Admin/ User pages/ whatever is protected by a username/ password, but is accessible on the internet.
William -- William E. Seiter Have you ever read a book that changed your life? Go to: www.winninginthemargins.com Enter passkey: goldengrove Web Developer / ColdFusion Programmer http://William.Seiter.com -----Original Message----- From: Matt Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:45 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Beyond Captcha If you're dealing with an actual person, then there is probably no stopping them. Is that what you mean by crackers / hackers? Do you mean trying to get in admin parts of sites, or legitimate customer account screens? I'm not sure I understand the use case... On Feb 7, 2008 1:37 PM, William Seiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This tag seems nice for a blogging environment or a web entry system > (similar to the web page where you can add comments to this list at > houseoffustion.com), but what about not just the 'spammers', what about the > crackers and hackers who want to gain entry to the website via a login page? > > William > > -- > William E. Seiter > > Have you ever read a book that changed your life? > Go to: www.winninginthemargins.com > Enter passkey: goldengrove > > Web Developer / ColdFusion Programmer > http://William.Seiter.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Francisco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:25 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Beyond Captcha > > I don't want to speculate, but I do know what works extremely well for my > apps... Jake Munson's CFFormProtect > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Billy Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:19 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Beyond Captcha > > > > It might just be wishful thinking on my part, but I believe that Captcha > > will soon be as rare (and just as appreciated) as those little icons > > saying > > 'this site optimized for IE 4.0'. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:298471 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
