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On Mar 14, 11:02 am, "Aaron J. White" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> Assuming you are not using sessions.  If you have a captcha on a html
> form like the one mentioned by Stan in the conversation here (using a
> hashed value in a hidden 
> input):https://groups.google.com/group/openbd/browse_thread/thread/67659903b...
>
> What stops a malicious person from saving your form as a .htm file on
> their computer and submit the same form every time? Your action page
> is just looking to see if hash(user_answer) EQ prehashed_answer. It
> doesn't care if the same value has been submitted a thousand times or
> where it comes from. Originally I thought Stan's answer was great and
> I was thinking about implementing it in a production environment
> instead of sessions, but a coworker brought this point up to me and I
> didn't have an answer.
> The only solution I could think of is somehow adding an encrypted
> timestamp to the form, but that may not be any better.
>
> I can easily implement sessions if it's the only way. However,
> anonymous sessions for a few simple forms on a public facing site seem
> like overkill to me.
> Anyone have experience implementing a captcha without sessions?
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks!

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