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#18585 Do I need a CAPTCHA solution if I am using Admin Tools?

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 19 December 2013 03:09 CST

Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:02 CST

perthcity

Good morning Nicholas,

My question is very simple today :)

Do I need a CAPTCHA solution like Joomla's core CAPTCHA system when I am using admin tools..

Or something like keycaptcha looks promising.

Should I use the admin tools combination with CAPTCHA solutions?

Or admin tools alone can block spammers on my site?

Thank you.

Thursday, 19 December 2013 01:24 CST

nicholas

I would advise you to always use a CAPTCHA on your site if you allow free registration of users. Admin Tools is great at fending off hackers. It can't help much with spammers, except the Project Honeypot integration. If a spammer is not known to Project Honeypot he won't be blocked. That's why you need the CAPTCHA. Being perfectly honest: I am redesigning our site. The new site does have a CAPTCHA for free registration.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

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Thursday, 19 December 2013 01:48 CST

perthcity

if a spammer is not known to Project Honeypot he won't be blocked

Thank you :)

I am using project honeypot but I will also use captcha solution in combination with admin tools.

Being perfectly honest: I am redesigning our site. The new site does have a CAPTCHA for free registration.

Good to know your point of view and importance of CAPTCHA

Edited by perthcity on 2013-12-19 01:48 CST

Thursday, 19 December 2013 03:09 CST