[TYPO3-dev] captcha service API

[Steffen Kamper]

"Martin Kutschker" <Martin.Kutschker at n0spam-blackbox.net> schrieb im 
Newsbeitrag news:mailman.1.1185266875.5993.typo3-dev at lists.netfielders.de...
> Hi!
>
> Several extensions provide support for captcha libs. Other extensions use 
> them. But as captchas evolve and spammers learn, an admin must adapt.
>
> So how about a service API that allows extension to register a captcha 
> method. An extension that needs a captcha will ask the service registry 
> for one.
>
> The site admin has the option to set a global default captcha, but I think 
> it might be of interest to allow specific captchas on a per plugin basis. 
> The idea is that you specify one via TS. If it isn't available it will 
> fall back to the installation default.
>
> Do you think it's possible to make such a generic API for the different 
> captcha libs?
>
> Masi

Hi Masi,

++++1 for that.

It would be nice to have the standard captcha (or the improved one from 
bernhard [1]) in typo3 package, may be better as service.
So it could be used by formmail also etc.
By doing that as service it would be easy to override with external captcha 
from extension.

vg Steffen

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