Re: I-worm/Klez and a GIF query/question

"R" <r@jumac.com> wrote in message news:007501c1f304$3c1607a0$0a6da8c0@lgwezec83s94bn... > at the end of the form he wants a "key" gif...(A gif with a number) > that is automatically generated and that number has to be entered into the > text box....the idea is that it prevents automaited registerations..... I've seen code that puts out an image that is .gif-compatible (ie can be viewed in any browser) but is not LZH-compressed, ie does not fall under the patents. I could write a PHP file to do it... The drawback, of course, is no compression; but for a small image that shouldn't be a problem. NOTE that for someone sufficiently persistent, they could still pattern-match the generated image to retrieve the number and auto-register that way. (I could write a PHP file to do that, too :-)