Leo Lyons wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 4:17 pm
A Question For Bannination:
If I accidentally hit a wrong key when logging in, I'm informed I have entered the wrong Username or password. If I accidentally repeat it, I have to answer a captcha question. So here's my question to you. If a bot is a computer generated entry; how are bots joining the forums membership if they have to physically answer a captcha question? Inquiring minds want to know.
Well, for one, they don't have to "physically" answer a captcha question - a minor nit.
The answer is image recognition, just like you can make a scan of a paper and have it turn into editable words on your computer screen they use that technology to a further extreme. That's why in some captcha's you see all kinds of wavy lines and distortions that make it a pain in the ass for a human to read, it also makes it hard for a computer to read -- except computers are now better at reading them than humans are.
That's why companies like google have newer version of captcha's which are pretty interesting and have all sort of algorithms judging if your a human as you solve their picture puzzles. It also helps google recognize what are actually street signs to feed back in to their maps. (So I've heard..)
I may experiment with turning the captcha off, I'm not sure it helps anymore, and I have other measures helping to identify spammers.
Here's the log from just today on how many were blocked using one of the measures from using the forum, and there was about 60 break in attempts at the server level today. The internet is a dangerous place.
Anonymous 86.57.215.208 Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:57 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 86.57.215.208
Anonymous 185.100.85.190 Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:21 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 185.100.85.190
Anonymous 31.184.238.115 Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:59 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 31.184.238.115
Anonymous 204.85.191.30 Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:44 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 204.85.191.30
Anonymous 185.220.101.44 Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:05 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 185.220.101.44
Anonymous 109.70.100.18 Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:35 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 109.70.100.18
Anonymous 185.220.102.4 Thu Oct 25, 2018 4:34 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 185.220.102.4
Anonymous 82.102.27.183 Thu Oct 25, 2018 4:15 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 82.102.27.183
Anonymous 77.247.181.165 Thu Oct 25, 2018 3:36 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 77.247.181.165
Anonymous 185.220.101.20 Thu Oct 25, 2018 3:12 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 185.220.101.20
Anonymous 199.87.154.255 Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:42 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 199.87.154.255
Anonymous 195.211.161.67 Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:31 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 195.211.161.67
Anonymous 185.220.101.6 Thu Oct 25, 2018 1:45 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 185.220.101.6
Anonymous 88.81.225.162 Thu Oct 25, 2018 1:07 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 88.81.225.162
Anonymous 195.176.3.19 Thu Oct 25, 2018 12:10 pm Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 195.176.3.19
Anonymous 185.56.80.242 Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:40 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 185.56.80.242
Anonymous 163.172.132.199 Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:11 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 163.172.132.199
Anonymous 171.25.193.20 Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:46 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 171.25.193.20
Anonymous 145.255.11.53 Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:22 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 145.255.11.53
Anonymous 199.249.223.61 Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:03 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 199.249.223.61
Anonymous 158.69.160.189 Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:43 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 158.69.160.189
Anonymous 185.220.101.32 Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:28 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 185.220.101.32
Anonymous 89.236.34.117 Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:16 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 89.236.34.117
Anonymous 51.255.202.66 Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:18 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 51.255.202.66
Anonymous 91.160.110.219 Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:50 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 91.160.110.219
Anonymous 145.255.2.104 Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:49 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 145.255.2.104
Anonymous 176.119.28.57 Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:24 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 176.119.28.57
Anonymous 51.38.64.136 Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:57 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 51.38.64.136
Anonymous 18.85.22.239 Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:13 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 18.85.22.239
Anonymous 95.85.80.233 Thu Oct 25, 2018 4:56 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 95.85.80.233
Anonymous 37.99.8.125 Thu Oct 25, 2018 4:25 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 37.99.8.125
Anonymous 192.160.102.168 Thu Oct 25, 2018 4:00 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 192.160.102.168
Anonymous 209.90.225.250 Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:29 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 209.90.225.250
Anonymous 178.17.166.149 Thu Oct 25, 2018 12:17 am Banned IP for reason “Found in Spam database”
» 178.17.166.149