Difference between revisions of "Testing for Captcha (OWASP-AT-012)"

Revision as of 23:48, 17 November 2013

This article is part of the new OWASP Testing Guide v4.

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Brief Summary

CAPTCHA ("Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart") is a type of challenge-response test used by many web applications to ensure that the response is not generated by a computer.
=== NOTE: CAPTCHA is considered to be an ineffective security mechanism - most current CAPTCHAs in these days can be cracked in a fully automated way

Usage

{{note|Foo}}
{{note|Foo|reminder}}
{{note|Foo|error}}
{{note|Foo|gotcha}}
{{tip|Foo}}
{{note}} Loose test
{{tip}} Loose test

Template:Note Template:Note Template:Note Template:Note Template:Tip Template:Note Loose test

Template:Tip Loose test

Description of the Issue

...here: Short Description of the Issue: Topic and Explanation

Black Box testing and example

Testing for Topic X vulnerabilities:
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Result Expected:
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References

Whitepapers
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Tools
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