August 2016
Intermediate to advanced
610 pages
11h 55m
English
CAPTCHA is actually an acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart. The technique is similar to the one presented in the preceding recipe, Securing forms with a token. The difference is that instead of storing the token in a hidden form input field, the token is rendered into a graphic that is difficult for an automated attack system to decipher. Also, the intent of a CAPTCHA is slightly different from a form token: it is designed to confirm that the web visitor is a human being, and not an automated system.
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