On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 12:51 -0400, tedd wrote: > At 9:58 AM -0400 4/9/07, Robert Cummings wrote: > > >Hi Tedd, > > > >Put down the crack pipe please... captcha images are usually generated > >on the fly. Their image repository is 0. Their image universe is all of > >the permutations of an image containing all of the range of serial codes > >embedded in the images according to their morphing routine. I highly > >doubt the US Government could afford the space required to store all of > >the permutations. Considering the number of bytes available to a > >dynamically generated image, it is highly likely that the images would > >be capable of exhausting the entire md5 universe. > > > >Cheers, > >Rob. > > Rob: > > Duh -- put down the joint and stay on the subject. We were talking > about M$'s "picture" captcha where they show pictures and ask a > question like "Pick the picture that shows a kitty" and NOT an "on > the fly" graphic captcha. There are different types of captchas. Ah, I see. I was too lazy to go check since I don't use Microsoft except insofar as to make things work in their crappy browser. Either way, can you verify the images are static? See if getting two kitty cats produces the same md5 signature :) Just because it's a picture doesn't invalidate what I said. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
