Re: ASCII Captcha

On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 16:21 -0400, Eric Gorr wrote: > On Aug 29, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: > > > On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 15:52 -0400, Eric Gorr wrote: > >> On Aug 29, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Stut wrote: > >> > >>> I completely agree, but as far as I know it's only (and I use that > >>> word carefully) people with both visual and audio impairments that > >>> you cannot cater for. > >> > >> > >> I cannot see any reason why a person with both visual and audio > >> impairments could not be presented with a test to prove they are > >> human. > > > > Go on, I'm all eyes and ears... describe such a test. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha#Attempts_at_more_accessible_CAPTCHAs > > discusses this. > > And, I look forward to see what those doing research in this area come > up with in the future. It does seem obvious that since they are human, > that a good test can be designed which does not rely on security > through obscurity. I said describe such a test... I didn't say describe current thoughts about such a test that have no practical implementation. Pay special attention to the word "practical" used above before shooting something back off the top of your head. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP