From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 25 13:11:06 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A5EB106564A for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:11:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BF6B8FC08 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:11:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iaeo4 with SMTP id o4so5466478iae.13 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:11:05 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of cpghost@cordula.ws designates 10.50.214.36 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.50.214.36; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of cpghost@cordula.ws designates 10.50.214.36 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=cpghost@cordula.ws Received: from mr.google.com ([10.50.214.36]) by 10.50.214.36 with SMTP id nx4mr2470158igc.2.1330175465886 (num_hops = 1); Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:11:05 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.214.36 with SMTP id nx4mr1994279igc.2.1330175465660; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:11:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.8.30 with HTTP; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:11:05 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.172.198] In-Reply-To: References: <4F47620D.24859.53F9A2B@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <868vjs8nto.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4F478D8B.31307.5E97C34@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <4F486340.7040907@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:11:05 +0100 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Daniel Feenberg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnYRB5GomYIP8vNPDk1Age5iMU+GvQeEcNZzKgndj4TlrjICgY+wroj6M+s2DLQ4emGa0J8 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Security? [Re: Why is this Symbol in the front of your website. A humble request.] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:11:06 -0000 On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Daniel Feenberg wrote= : > An email address can be hidden from bots without violating section 508, f= or > instance: > > =A0feenberg is at nber dot org > > or some variant won't be picked up by a robot. Most bots use some rather sophisticated regexp pattern matching nowadays, including some primitive JavaScript parsing to defeat the most popular JS-based obfuscations. This one is very, very obvious and among the easiest ones (including the "is" variation). You couldn't hide from them this way. -cpghost. --=20 Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/