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Drupal Module of the Week - CAPTCHA

By sam
Created 03/20/2008 - 02:50

Created by Fabiano 'Wundo' Sant'Ana [0], The CAPTCHA module [1] is great for stopping spam posts and automated account creation on a Drupal site. It gives you the ability to set a CAPTCHA on any Drupal form, which has come in handy on this site as I have been receiving emails similar to this recently:

W09zxA <a href="http://khffvokqjfyd.com/">khffvokqjfyd</a>,
[url=http://comysmauwhce.com/]comysmauwhce[/url],
[link=http://ccfthzcigekg.com/]ccfthzcigekg[/link],
http://eiwvpmvppwhs.com/

Looks like some one is testing their blog spam script. Anyway the CAPTCHA module helps stop this by requiring users to enter either the alphanumerics displayed in a picture or by asking a question such as

'What is the fifth word in the phrase "yasev iko epeha huvo usa"?:'.

The image-based CAPTCHA has a variety for options as to what it shows. You can set the following:

The great thing about this is that you can make your CAPTCHA images unique, and therefore harder for these guys to crack! The CAPTCHA module is available for Drupal 4.7, 5 & 6, and is still in active development.

Source URL:
http://webzen.com.au/drupal-module-week-captcha