On Wednesday 05 April 2006 00:16, Paul M Foster wrote:
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> I'm wondering if it is possible to automate this type of thing, as
> opposed to someone sitting and typing it. And if so, what could they
> hope to gain?
He's probably hoping you'll visit the URL or it'll post the URL someplace with
a larger target audience. You might Google for "WP Hashcash" for one
possible method of defeating this. Another is via presenting the user with a
graphic with letters, whatever the term for that is.
--Jason Boxman http://edseek.com/ - Linux and FOSS stuff
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