[TriLUG] March 10 Hack Day is getting closer

[Roadrunner]

Simple solutions have the advantage that one can vary them more rapidly, giving attackers more uncertainty.

Ever consider Recaptcha ? With that, only one of two words is the pass phrase. The other is actually a scanned word from some library book being digitized, where your response is input to a crowd sourced conversion.

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On Mar 1, 2012, at 9:02 PM, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:

>> When I go to that link, I am prompted for ID and Password
> 
> When you go to trilug.org.wiki, you should see an HTTP
> Auth pop-up that says this:
> 
>   A username and password are being requested by
>   http://trilug.org. The site says: "To prevent
>   wiki spam, please prove you're a human. Enter
>   user=TRI and password=LUG below."
> 
> We had trouble with spambots flooding the wiki with junk.
> So far, the most effective stop-gap measure has been this
> cheezy HTTP Auth password.  Don't over-think it... do what
> it says... Put "TRI" in the username box and "LUG" in the
> password box.  Once you've done it once, most browsers
> will remember to enter it for you the next time.
> 
> And if you claim that my simple .htaccess file is a lame
> solution, I agree.  If you have better solutions (I mean
> actual implementations, not just "you SHOULD be able to..."
> please step up and become a wiki volunteer.
> 
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