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Old 10-12-2002, 02:26 AM  
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Originally posted by beemk


how could they get the authentication code with brute force if its generated every time and its in a picture so they cant really read it? right now they use different proxies to crack the password so banning the ip wont help. and when they do crack the password, they give the people the proxy to use on it so everyone who uses it has the same ip address. you would be better off monitoring bandwidth on the account.
Using pics with random numbers would make hacking much more difficult, but certainly not impossible. Writing a program that "reads" a picture is very doable. This method will probably scare 99% of password crackers away though.

One must probably ask though, is stopping 5 freeloaders a year worth potentially pissing off your customers?
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