Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:25:37 -0600 From: Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Security? [Re: Why is this Symbol in the front of your website. A humble request.] Message-ID: <4F490B81.3050106@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADGWnjVqFDcoYoA4m_B62yZe-xnpao0z=AxAiOQ06uCGfV9fDw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJxq87TK=375mmQdhZAC7jqwyi1j9sE3t5NtTxMfcfTxCNo_Bg@mail.gmail.com> <4F47620D.24859.53F9A2B@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <868vjs8nto.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4F478D8B.31307.5E97C34@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <CAHhngE2ccsdSOTV85bKTD7AEwRciaWcuFsg9m3Wp70icHJrvkA@mail.gmail.com> <4F486340.7040907@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <Pine.GSO.4.64.1202250625020.24158@nber6> <CADGWnjVqFDcoYoA4m_B62yZe-xnpao0z=AxAiOQ06uCGfV9fDw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2/25/2012 7:11 AM, C. P. Ghost wrote: > On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Daniel Feenberg<feenberg@nber.org> wrote: >> An email address can be hidden from bots without violating section 508, for >> instance: >> >> feenberg 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. > What happens if the person going to the website doesn't speak any english and uses a translating service? The username or domain name could be mangled to something different.
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