Phillip Jones wrote: > Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: >> Phillip Jones wrote: [let's do some snipping here...] >>> using a Captcha does the same thing as using a username and password >>> without the need for such and until Google bought the leading >>> captcha software developer, It was as secure as having a user name >>> and password. >> >> Thanks for proving you don't know what a CAPTCHA is - or how to >> design a secure web site. > > In captcha you are required Type a series of letters or numbers that > have been altered to make them difficult to read Only when the are > correctly entered are you able to on continue on.
Yes, that is exactly what a CAPTCHA image is. What about the part where you think it makes your members only secure from the public? >> It's a Turing test [1]. Are you a human or a robot? Unfortunately, >> CAPTCHA images have been cracked by bots. They are no longer secure. No response to that? >> They will not keep out the general public, so what made you think you >> would have a private, members only section accessible only to the >> members? If any human on the planet goes to your entry page they can >> interpret the distorted image and gain access to your 'private' >> information. >> >> What happens if one of your members sends the link of the interior page >> where your association members are listed? Will random access to that >> page redirect them back to the 'login' page? >> >> You *need* a username and password to keep - not only Google - but the >> _general public_ out of your private pages. And each and every single >> page inside the members-only section has to check and see if the user is >> logged in. Otherwise, it needs to send them to members/login. >> >> You should tell your association that you don't understand or know how >> to write a private web site. >> >> [1. Did you have to look that up? ] > > If I have to put in a User Name /password system will for that page. What database are you using? Which server-side programming language? PHP, ASP, PERL? You can't do it with just HTML. Do you understand that it needs to include *all* pages in the members only portion of the web site? (You didn't respond to the rest of the issues...) -- -bts -Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
