I love spambots @ WebNV http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots Personal site and design or something en-EU http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 All content copyright (c) 2004-2007 WebNV.net Nick Villescas said http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#c1736 Mon, 07 May 2007 20:45:06 EDT Nick Villescas [ author ] 1736@http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#comments <p>Actually that's what I'm doing. I created a few different arrays with words, letters, and numbers. Then I randomly pick several different items from the arrays and merge them together. This then gets me the name of this 'hidden' field. This 'hidden' field is also randomly placed in form. It can appear first, in the middle, or last for example.<br /> <br /> I works pretty good, but some spam still gets through.</p> Actually that's what I'm doing. I created a few different arrays with words, letters, and numbers. Then I randomly pick several different items from the arrays and merge them together. This then gets me the name of this 'hidden' field. This 'hidden' field is also randomly placed in form. It can appear first, in the middle, or last for example.

I works pretty good, but some spam still gets through.

]]> ghooghe said http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#c1735 Mon, 07 May 2007 20:10:33 EDT ghooghe [ guest ] 1735@http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#comments The hidden field technique is quite efficient, but as you said, it's not perfect.<br /> An improvement of this technique would be to &quot;obfuscate&quot; the form field names. <br /> Let me explain it: you create a form with extra hidden/&quot;parasite&quot; fields, and then you random the name of the fields on the client html. Of course, on the server side you keep the mapping between the client &quot;obfuscated&quot; form and the real form using an identifier for each generated form.<br /> It makes it much more difficult for the bots to distinguish between parasite from real/working form fields.<br /> Just my 2 cents An improvement of this technique would be to "obfuscate" the form field names.
Let me explain it: you create a form with extra hidden/"parasite" fields, and then you random the name of the fields on the client html. Of course, on the server side you keep the mapping between the client "obfuscated" form and the real form using an identifier for each generated form.
It makes it much more difficult for the bots to distinguish between parasite from real/working form fields.
Just my 2 cents]]> microdesign said http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#c1699 Sat, 05 May 2007 00:19:22 EDT microdesign [ guest ] 1699@http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#comments pff. im getting pretty sick of it. im like working 2 hours after a weekend to delete all spammmm iamthelordhitman said http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#c1681 Fri, 04 May 2007 11:21:39 EDT iamthelordhitman [ guest ] 1681@http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#comments <p>hate the spam, not the spammers</p> <p>&lt;_&lt;<br /> &gt;_&gt;<br /> &lt;_&lt;</p> hate the spam, not the spammers

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]]> Nick Villescas said http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#c1680 Fri, 04 May 2007 11:08:52 EDT Nick Villescas [ author ] 1680@http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#comments <p>DAMN YOU SPAMMERS!!!!!11!</p> DAMN YOU SPAMMERS!!!!!11!

]]> iamthelordhitman said http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#c1679 Fri, 04 May 2007 11:05:14 EDT iamthelordhitman [ guest ] 1679@http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#comments <p>Want to have fun? Bash religion? Be amongst people who have no idea what they are talking about?</p> <p>JOIN PORTAL FORUMS! It's your ticket to happyness! <a href="http://www.portalforums.net">www.portalforums.net</a></p> <p>oh wait......</p> <p>xD</p> Want to have fun? Bash religion? Be amongst people who have no idea what they are talking about?

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]]> The Smith said http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#c1670 Fri, 04 May 2007 02:27:18 EDT The Smith [ guest ] 1670@http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#comments <p>Want lots of hot sexx go to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/smithblog">http://www.youtube.com/smithblog</a>&nbsp;to get all your sex and timeshares!</p> Want lots of hot sexx go to http://www.youtube.com/smithblog to get all your sex and timeshares!

]]> Nick Villescas said http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#c1661 Thu, 03 May 2007 21:46:34 EDT Nick Villescas [ author ] 1661@http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#comments <p>Heh, at least it's not an ad for xxx sex.&nbsp;I see plenty of those ads and they're hilarious.</p> Heh, at least it's not an ad for xxx sex. I see plenty of those ads and they're hilarious.

]]> The Smith said http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#c1658 Thu, 03 May 2007 14:14:57 EDT The Smith [ guest ] 1658@http://webnv.net/articles/i-love-spambots#comments <p>For all new episodes of Smith Blog and free mead to make you bigger and as seen on tv visit <a href="http://www.youtube.com/smithblog">http://www.youtube.com/smithblog</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>lol</p> For all new episodes of Smith Blog and free mead to make you bigger and as seen on tv visit http://www.youtube.com/smithblog 

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