Open Bug 1306758 Opened 8 years ago Updated 8 years ago

Honeypot form field as spam prevention measure

Categories

(Bugzilla :: Bugzilla-General, defect)

Product:
Bugzilla
Component:
Bugzilla-General
Version:
5.1.1
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

People

(Reporter: sina, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

A lot of spam bots still fill out every field in a given form and do not parse CSS. Having an input field with an enticing name that is hidden through CSS "display:none" has helped many websites cut down on the number of spam user registrations. If the honeypot field is filled, the back-end should show that the registration was unsuccessful due to possible spam. This is not foolproof but does reduce the number of spam users registered.
Blocks: bugzilla-spam
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
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