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CONTENT
Introduction
Definition
Bascilly what a ‘Captcha do ?
How does Captcha work?
Types of Captchas
Breaking Captchas
Characteristics
Applications
Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
Computers and Humans are apart , a technique used
by a computer to tell if it is interacting with human or
some other computer.
It is needed because activities such as online
commerce transactions, search engine submissions,
Web polls, Web registrations, free e-mail service
registration and other automated services are
subject to software programs, or bots, that mimic the
behavior of humans in order to skew the results of
the automated task or perform malicious activities,
such as gathering e-mail addresses for spamming.
DEFINITION
A CAPTCHA (an acronym for "completely automated public
turing test to tell computers and humans apart") is a type of
challenge-response test used in computing to determine
whether or not the user is human.
A CAPTCHA is a program that can generate and grade tests
that:
Most humans can pass, but
Current computer programs can't pass
BASCILLY WHAT A ‘CAPTCHA DO ?
In order to validate the digital transaction, using the
CAPTCHA system the user is presented with a distorted
word typically placed on top of a distorted background.
The user must type the word into a field in order to
complete the process.
Computers have a difficult time decoding the distorted
words while humans can easily decipher the text.
Some CAPTCHAs now use pictures instead of words where
the user is presented with a series of pictures and asked
what the common element among all of the pictures is.
By entering that common element, the user validates the
transaction and the computer knows it is dealing with a
human and not a bot.
HOW DOES A CAPTCHA WORKS?
A CAPTCHA image shows a random string which the user has to
type to submit a form.
This is a simple problem for humans, but a very hard problem
for computers which have to use character recognition,
especially, because the displayed string is alienated in a way,
which makes it very hard for a computer to decode.
TYPES OF CAPTCHA
Text based
• Gimpy, ez-gimpy
• Gimpy-r, Google CAPTCHA
• Simard’s HIP (MSN)
Graphic based
• Bongo
• Pix
Audio based
Text based CAPTCHAs
Gimpy, ez-gimpy
• Pick a word or words from a small dictionary
• Distort them and add noise and background
Gimpy-r, Google’s CAPTCHA
• Pick random letters
• Distort them, add noise and background
Simard’s HIP
• Pick random letters and numbers
• Distort them and add arcs
Graphic based CAPTCHAs
Bongo
• Display two series of blocks
• User must find the
characteristic that sets the
two series apart
• User is asked to determine
which series each of four
single blocks belongs to
• Difference? thick vs. thin
lines
Graphic based CAPTCHAs
PIX
• Create a large database of
labeled images
• Pick a concrete object
• Pick four images of the object
from the images database
• Distort the images
• Ask the user to pick the object
for a list of words
Audio based CAPTCHAs