[dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Cross post - Password security

Damn spell-checker...but who checks the spellchecker? ...Stuart. ;-)

Graphic recognition software is getting better all the time. Some day soon I
full expect Captcha protection to be a thing of the past...but for now it
works well. On my site it reduced up to 20 spam mail message, a day, to
none. 

Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 2:25 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Cross post - Password security

That's "captcha" not "Caption".

An acronym for"Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and
Humans 
Apart"

There are plenty of the cases of captchas being cracked.  The battle between
captcha 
designers and attackers is ongoing.    

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA


-- 
Stuart

On 11 Aug 2011 at 11:15, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> On a website you can add a "password" that, as of yet can not be
> cracked and which continually changes. In the following link, I have
> used the Caption creator from Google to stop automated spammers:
> 
> http://www.creativesystemdesigns.com/contact/contact.asp
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 1:53 PM To: 'Off Topic' Cc:
> 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech]
> [dba-OT] Cross post - Password security
> 
> Too right, my account gets locked at work after 3 failed attempts, and
> it does at every job I've had. Maybe it's websites - I've not seen
> Facebook or Google lock accounts out, simply because of the complete
> impossibility of you being able to phone up and ask for it to be
> unlocked...
> 
> 
> Jon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach
> Sent: 10 August 2011 21:42 To: Off Topic Cc: Discussion of Hardware
> and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-OT] Cross post - Password
> security
> 
> Jon,
> 
> But this brings up another question: What kind of systems are hackers
> breaking into that allow them BILLIONS of tries at the password?  I
> never understood that.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Steve Erbach
> Neenah, WI
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all
> >
> > Someon'e just posted this on my wall on facebook, and it looks
> > really interesting, thought I'd share it.
> >
> > https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm
> >
> >
> > Jon
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