Hmm, what goes around. There's an article on Slashdot yesterday, http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/11/12/2048219.shtml, about hiding email addresses on web pages, which leads to this article on SANS, http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1836, about avoiding contact form spam.
The trick, it appears, is to make your web page into a honeypot for web bots. You load the page with text form entry fields which are hidden, or style="display:none", so they don't appear to your user on the web page. You leave the hidden fields empty. When the bot mindlessly fills them in, you reject the submission. -- rec -- On 10/27/06, Owen Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow! I just got hit with over *400* comment spams on backspaces! > > I had heard about it but had not personally experienced it. Its why > you get those weird and annoying "tell me what this distorted image > says" tickets before being able to enter your comment for forums or > blogs. > > So I've instituted several suggestions on this page: > http://textpattern.net/wiki/index.php?title=Combat_Comment_Spam > .. but it seems a difficult problem to solve, other than simply > moderating every comment. > > Have any of us friamers had this happen to their sites? Any > interesting solutions? > > -- Owen > > Owen Densmore http://backspaces.net > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
