Re: [WEB SECURITY] Brute Force authentication attack

[Jeremiah Grossman <jeremiah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We all get those from time to time. :)

CAPTCHA
"completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans  
apart"

On Jun 30, 2006, at 10:41 AM, Schmidt, Albert E wrote:

> I am definitely having a senior moment.  Can anybody please tell me  
> what
> it is called when you have to enter a code displayed in a picture when
> authenticating?  I know this is a control against brute force hacking,
> but for the life of me I cannot remember what it is called.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ------
> The Web Security Mailing List:
> http://www.webappsec.org/lists/websecurity/
>
> The Web Security Mailing List Archives:
> http://www.webappsec.org/lists/websecurity/archive/
> http://www.webappsec.org/rss/websecurity.rss [RSS Feed]


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Web Security Mailing List: 
http://www.webappsec.org/lists/websecurity/

The Web Security Mailing List Archives: 
http://www.webappsec.org/lists/websecurity/archive/
http://www.webappsec.org/rss/websecurity.rss [RSS Feed]