[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] buildbot failure in amd64 gentoo 2.5

[Benji York]

Michael Hudson wrote:
> Giovanni Bajo <rasky at develer.com> writes:
> 
>> On 23/01/2007 10.20, Brian Warner wrote:
>>
>>>>> Do I miss something here, or is the buildbot hit by spammers now?
>>>> It looks like it is. If that continues, we have to disable the web
>>>> triggers.
>>> Good grief. If anyone has any bright ideas about simple ways to change that
>>> form to make it less vulnerable to the spambots, I'd be happy to incorporate
>>> them into Buildbot.
>> I'd throw a CAPTCHA in. There are even some written in Python.
> 
> I'd guess even the simplest thing would work:
> 
> "Type "Python" into this box: ______"

The approach (outlined here 
http://damienkatz.net/2007/01/negative_captch.html) of having a hidden 
field that is "attractive" to spam bots, but hidden from humans would 
seem to be as effective without the (slight) annoyances of filling in an 
extra field every time.
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Benji York