Re^2: enabling "Submit" button after X seconds.

With recaptcha it worked just fine till now, many, many months. I'm sure recaptcha was hacked recently because I started to get automatic submissions (different IPs) every 4-5 seconds during 1-2h, resulting in thousands of submissions and big server load. As disabling the button is impossible to achieve with perl I have to meter first access and last access. If difference is less than X seconds submission will not be processed. Seems the only solution at this time.

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Re^3: enabling "Submit" button after X seconds. by ahmad (Hermit) on Jun 13, 2010 at 23:24 UTC
Are you sure that reCAPTCHA was hacked/cracked? And it's not a problem within your code? Show us your implementation	[reply]
Re^4: enabling "Submit" button after X seconds. by mrc (Sexton) on Jun 14, 2010 at 07:18 UTC
Yes, I'm sure. See also http://www.allspammedup.com/2010/01/google-recaptcha-cracked/ or check for "recaptcha cracked". Before implementation of recaptcha I had a lot of issues then script worked perfectly few months. We no longer can rely on captcha. None is secure.	[reply]