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I wanted to do a little change to some code I'd written for CS yesterday. For both the Gaptcha control and my in-line file uploader I'm uploading a file and saving somewhere within the current user's blog. I've been constructing the save locations (and
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This post is my list of features/bugs/etc for the next version of Gaptcha. There's no guarantee that everything I mention in this list will make it to the next version, but this is my central point for listing any thoughts. This post will be updated as
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Version 1.0 of the Gaptcha Control is now ready for public consumption (should anyone want it :) Download it here . Sadly, to add Gaptcha to your site it's not just a simple matter of just dropping an assembly in your bin folder - there's a few different
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Update: The source is now live ! I've now got timeouts working. Currently for this blog, the selected set of pictures you must click on to successfully submit a comment will expire 10 minutes after the page loads. This means that if you take a long
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While writing my Gaptcha control, I wrote a few drafts along the way of how it would work. It's funny the way things progress. I like to think I have a pretty good knowledge of HTML, DHTML, and the HTTP protocol (which when you've got the three covered
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Update: The source is now live ! Tonight I made a couple of little mods to my Gaptcha control. First, I stopped just base64 encoding the names of the images that needed to be selected in the form. It was extremely easy to crack :) It now encrypts the
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Update: The source is now live ! Well, I was up until 1am this morning getting it polished enough, and then I had to wait until morning for some tech support on some SQL that I wrote (damnit, I used SQL2005 syntax for one proc when I should have remembered
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Update2: The source is now live ! Update: It's now live! Thanks for the support everyone :) It's working! It's all working and there's only a couple of tiny issues left to fix! That is, it's working on my local machine :) While developing,
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Update: The source is now live ! I've received some positive feedback on my thoughts on my new captcha control . While I've been given many suggestions, for now I think I'll just go with the simplest implementation possible, just so that I
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Update: The source is now live ! I never thought I'd do it, but the day has arrived. I'm starting to get enough blog spam, at a consistent rate, that I need to start thinking about prevention. But I hate captcha controls. They're all so hard
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