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security: add ASCII based CAPTCHA mechanism #31

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messede-degod opened this issue Oct 18, 2022 · 4 comments
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security: add ASCII based CAPTCHA mechanism #31

messede-degod opened this issue Oct 18, 2022 · 4 comments

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@messede-degod
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Add ASCII based CAPTCHA mechanism for new instance creation.

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theaog commented Oct 21, 2022

this is a good idea, could prevent users from abusing the service by using scripts that automatically create new sessions.

could you expand on this idea, how would you implement it?

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theaog commented Oct 21, 2022

this program might help: https://github.com/moul/captcha
captcha -engine=math

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https://github.com/moul/captcha

trigger when system is under attack.
needs a timeout (when no entry for 30 seconds then exit(255) to stop scripts from hanging.
2nd cutoff to wait forever if system is under further attack.

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messede-degod commented Oct 26, 2022

ok, i added that feature and made a pull request here: moul/captcha#130.
mean while my fork should be usable : https://github.com/messede-degod/captcha

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