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Jetteh22
Okay, the last time I did this I had the form spit out a random value(numbers and letters) at you.. I was informed that it wasn't secure at all and that spam-bots would be able to pass by that.

So now I've taken the next step and created a random-value numbers.. They are numbers that are made FROM letters, placed on a page so that they look like numbers.. Don't understand what i mean?

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Tell me how much more secure you think this is? Do you think it will help stop spam bots?
Ed
Far too basic, a bot could be whipped up in a manner of minutes to exploit it (I will write an example if you want?). The ironic thing is I had to view the source of the document before I could work out how to actually complete the field.

You're falling down the age old trap of 'security through obscurity', try : http://www.recaptcha.net

It's a strong captcha generation and it's a simple API you can just plugin into your website, Facebook use it.

I have written a PHP5 object orientated version of their API, if you don't get along with their procedural version, drop me a PM and I'll send you the script / example.
bezz
Yeah what bread suggested should do the trick. If you want a captcha hosted on your own site, you could just write your own simple one using php's gd functions. I had a huge spam problem until I wrote a very simple image captcha and now the spam has stopped completely.
Jetteh22
Thanks for the help guys, I'll just use recaptcha I guess.

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wozzym
ya i dont see the point of spam, but some people seem to just create bots especially for this. but since they are getting better, security needs to be better. and recaptcha is definantley a better choice.
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