mCaptcha: Replacing Captchas with Rate limiters to Improve Security and Accessibility.

Autor: Manivannan, Aravinth, Sethuraman, Sibi Chakkaravarthy, Vimala Sudhakaran, Devi Priya
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Zdroj: Communications of the ACM; Oct2024, Vol. 67 Issue 10, p70-80, 11p
Abstrakt: The article describes mCaptcha, an alternative proof-of-work of a Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers & Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) system, and offers information on its development and evaluation. The aim is to provide protection against denial of service (DoS) attacks. According to the article, mCaptcha uses a customized leaky-bucket-powered cache to track traffic. Issues such as security, usability, and privacy related to current CAPTCHA systems are also addressed.
Databáze: Complementary Index