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[BOINCstats] Willy
 
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2007-05-15 10:22:41

I added scrape detection to BOINCstats. When too many pages are requested in sequence then a CAPTCHA image will be show. If no code is entered (as expected from automated scrapers) BOINCstats will not show any page contents.

Normal users should not encounter the CAPTCHA. If you do while doing normal browsing let me know. The script may need some finetuning.
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2007-05-15 11:17:00

I got it last night, and the codes I entered didn't work. It probably happened when I opened about 10 tabs for detailed stats of my active projects?
[BOINCstats] Willy
 
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2007-05-15 13:02:26

I can fix the bad readability by removing the background. Just as long as OCR can't read it it's fine by me.

Also the number of pages that triggers the CAPTCHA can maybe go somewhat higher (= more pages before trigger) if I have more data.
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