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This document provides an overview of CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart). It defines CAPTCHAs as challenges used to determine if a user is human or computer. The document describes how CAPTCHAs work by presenting distorted text or images that are easy for humans but difficult for computers to decipher. It also discusses different types of CAPTCHAs including text, graphic, and audio CAPTCHAs and how they have been used to prevent automated activities like spamming.

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CSE Captcha

This document provides an overview of CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart). It defines CAPTCHAs as challenges used to determine if a user is human or computer. The document describes how CAPTCHAs work by presenting distorted text or images that are easy for humans but difficult for computers to decipher. It also discusses different types of CAPTCHAs including text, graphic, and audio CAPTCHAs and how they have been used to prevent automated activities like spamming.

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Seminar
On
CAPTCHA

Submitted To: Submitted By:


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CONTENT
 Introduction
 Definition
 Bascilly what a ‘Captcha do ?
 How does Captcha work?
 Types of Captchas
 Breaking Captchas
 Characteristics
 Applications
 Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
 Computers and Humans are apart , a technique used
by a computer to tell if it is interacting with human or
some other computer.
 It is needed because activities such as online
commerce transactions, search engine submissions,
Web polls, Web registrations, free e-mail service
registration and other automated services are
subject to software programs, or bots, that mimic the
behavior of humans in order to skew the results of
the automated task or perform malicious activities,
such as gathering e-mail addresses for spamming.
DEFINITION
 A CAPTCHA (an acronym for "completely automated public
turing test to tell computers and humans apart") is a type of
challenge-response test used in computing to determine
whether or not the user is human.
A CAPTCHA is a program that can generate and grade tests
that:
 Most humans can pass, but
 Current computer programs can't pass
BASCILLY WHAT A ‘CAPTCHA DO ?
 In order to validate the digital transaction, using the
CAPTCHA system the user is presented with a distorted
word typically placed on top of a distorted background.
The user must type the word into a field in order to
complete the process.
 Computers have a difficult time decoding the distorted
words while humans can easily decipher the text.
 Some CAPTCHAs now use pictures instead of words where
the user is presented with a series of pictures and asked
what the common element among all of the pictures is.
 By entering that common element, the user validates the
transaction and the computer knows it is dealing with a
human and not a bot.
HOW DOES A CAPTCHA WORKS?
 A CAPTCHA image shows a random string which the user has to
type to submit a form.
 This is a simple problem for humans, but a very hard problem
for computers which have to use character recognition,
especially, because the displayed string is alienated in a way,
which makes it very hard for a computer to decode.
TYPES OF CAPTCHA
 Text based
• Gimpy, ez-gimpy
• Gimpy-r, Google CAPTCHA
• Simard’s HIP (MSN)
 Graphic based
• Bongo
• Pix
 Audio based
Text based CAPTCHAs
 Gimpy, ez-gimpy
• Pick a word or words from a small dictionary
• Distort them and add noise and background
 Gimpy-r, Google’s CAPTCHA
• Pick random letters
• Distort them, add noise and background
 Simard’s HIP
• Pick random letters and numbers
• Distort them and add arcs
Graphic based CAPTCHAs
 Bongo
• Display two series of blocks
• User must find the
characteristic that sets the
two series apart
• User is asked to determine
which series each of four
single blocks belongs to
• Difference? thick vs. thin
lines
Graphic based CAPTCHAs
 PIX
• Create a large database of
labeled images
• Pick a concrete object
• Pick four images of the object
from the images database
• Distort the images
• Ask the user to pick the object
for a list of words
Audio based CAPTCHAs

 Pick a word or a sequence of numbers at random


 Render them into an audio clip using a TTS
software
 Distort the audio clip
 Ask the user to identify and type the word or
numbers
BREAKING CAPTCHAS
 Most text based CAPTCHAs have been broken
by software
• OCR
• Segmentation
 Other CAPTCHAs were broken by streaming the
tests for unsuspecting users to solve.
CHARACTERISTICS

 They are completely automated. This avoids the


necessity for human maintenance or intervention in
the test, with obvious benefits in cost and reliability.

 The algorithm used is made public, though it may be


encumbered by a patent. This is stipulated so as to
require that breaking a captcha requires the solution
of a hard problem in the field of artificial intelligence
(AI) rather than just the discovery of the (secret)
algorithm, which could be obtained through other
techniques.
APPLICATIONS
 Online polls
 Search engine bots
 Worms and spams
 Search Engine Bots
 Prevent dictionary attacks
CONCLUSION
 CAPTCHAS are any software that distinguishes human and
machine.

 Research in CAPTCHAS implies advancement in AI making


computers understand how human thinks.

 Internet companies are making billions of dollars every year,


their security and services quality matters and so does the
advancement in CAPTCHA technology.
REFERENCE
 www.google.com
 www.wikipedia.com
 www.studymafia.org
THANK YOU!
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