honeypot captcha

[Gilead]

I've combined three techniques to eliminate a client's captcha solution.

1. You have to click on a checkbox in order to complete the form.

2. If the form is submitted in under 7 seconds, it asks you to submit it properly

3. If the honeypot has anything in it and the checkbox is unchecked then the submitter is a spammer.

I found an exploit in my own code and am not sure how to add another layer of security. You can click submit over and over if you just wait the required amount of time. Chances are there is enough to discourage using the form for spam, but I want to be thorough.

Anyone out in PHPland have any thoughts?
Thanks!

[Skorpios]

Maybe just put another layer which is a simple sum, i.e. generate tqo random numbers between 1 and 9 and have the user enter the simple addition?

[Gilead]

Thanks for the idea Skorpios, but that wouldn't stop a person from submitting the form every 7 seconds.

[topr8]

set a cookie on the form page,
when the form is submitted, set the cookie value to sent or somesuch - reject all subsiquent form submissions where the cookie value is already 'sent'

[topr8]

... or record the ip address when a form is submitted, don't allow that ip address to submit the form again for whatever time period you chose.

[Gilead]

Thanks topr8! I like the second idea better.

[sharkyvk]

@topr8: I have recorded the ip address. How can I code the time period of submitting the form again?
If I understand correctly this will prevent an contineous submitting of the form during the time set in the code.
I assume with an if else statement.

I am new to php so just logical thinking and I could be completly wrong.

thx

[mack]

On send you could add a variable $sent = "true";

On the main page...

If ($sent == "true")
{
Die();
}

This should prevent repeated submits of the form.

Mack.