In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about forms, captchas, dealing with malicious users, and more!
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Show Notes
02:00 - So you made a form:
Contact form
Sales form
Email signup for newsletter
Bug report
Sign up for an account
Password reset
03:00 - Now someone is going to:
Have a bot that submits it
Maliciously write a bot that submits thousands
04:14 - So what can you do?
4:54 - Honey pot
This is a field that is either hidden or you tell the user not to fill in
Can goof up autofill
Works in many cases
07:37 - IP Throttle
Only allow each IP to do an action a certain number or times inside a window
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