Is It Human or Computer? Defending E-Commerce with Captchas

  • Authors:
  • Clark Pope;Khushpreet Kaur

  • Affiliations:
  • DRS-Signal Solutions;North Carolina State University

  • Venue:
  • IT Professional
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

A Captcha驴a completely automatic public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart驴is a test that humans can pass but computer programs cannot; such tests are becoming key to defending e-commerce systems. By using a Captcha, for example, IT systems can permit only real people驴rather than a spammer's script驴to create a free e-mail account. This article explains the various types of Captchas and discusses their strengths and weaknesses as a security measure. It also lists sources for more information on the formal research into Captchas.