ANDHRA LOYOLA INSTITUTE OF

ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGG

CAPTCHA
TECHNOLOGY
PRESENTATION BY:
Y MURALI
13HP1A0449

CONTENT
Introduction
Definition
Bascilly what a Captcha do ?
How does Captcha work?
Types of Captchas
Breaking Captchas
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.

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

BASICALLY 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.

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
Simards 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, Googles CAPTCHA

Pick random letters

Distort them, add noise and background

Simards 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.

APPLICATIONS

Online polls

Search engine bots

spams

Search Engine Bots

CONCLUSION

CAPTCHAS are any software that distinguishes

human and machine.
Research in CAPTCHAS implies advancement in
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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