Hey All. I'm addressing the more seasoned members of the Shaiya Community with a question about scripts that involve Captchas. Many of us use it in our Registration scripts, among others.
My issue presented itself the other day when I attempted to create an account using a reg script I'd been using for a long time.
After entering the Recaptcha Security code, I get a "Cannot Open Socket" error.
I assumed it was a port I had closed that was causing things to go awry.
However, after rigorously checking ports/security/firewall exceptions and whatnot, I realized that the Captcha itself could be a problem.
So, with due diligence, I proceeded to remove the captcha from the script, and voila, all was good.
However, due to the holes in security that the lack of a captcha provides, I'm at a standstill. I cannot do without the captcha (or an alternative), however, I cannot seem to make the captcha work. I've tried new keys, and captcha alternatives, but to no avail. The Cannot Open Socket Error persists.
I suppose what I'm asking here is the following:
Is there any way to maintain security without the use of a Captcha or Captcha Alternative? A trustworthy way of closing up the strings to prevent SQL security holes?
Is there a way to fix my current captcha script? Or at least to see what needs to be changed to allow the socket to open? I've reviewed the code myself and tried it on different comps, and of course, it works just fine. But on the computer in question, I've eliminated port errors and conflictions.
Any Ideas?
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