Major Changes in Membership/Roles/Profile (2) - Captcha Control

As part of the Membership enhancments for 3.3/4.1, I have just finished updating the repository with a new "Captcha" Control.  So you are asking, what is a Captcha Control.  In simple terms it is a Server Control that requires the "user" to enter a randomly generated  "Human Readable Security Code".


Captcha is often used in e-commerce situations, and to stop dictionary based denial of service attacks.

The new Captcha control will be available as part of the core, so any module could use it (for example Forums or Blogs to stop Forum and Blog spam).

If you would like more information on Captcha:

http://www.captcha.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha

http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/CaptchaImage.asp

We will be adding an Administrator option to include the use of Captcha in the new "SignIn" and "Register" controls.