ACSP Suggestion 2006.10: Security Box on Email Confirmation

Suggestion

Author: Edward Lewis   
Submitted On: 27 December 2006

Description: Given that there is a need for an email confirmation for all correspondence to this process, can you either eliminate the last step on this page (the “security box”) or make it a lot easier to guess the letters?

Timeframe: Immediate

Status: Completed   Updated: 08 January 2007

Tracking Information

ARIN Comment

8 January 2007

ARIN includes the CAPTCHA (security box) on the suggestion form to try to prevent automated spam bot submissions. Our experience is that our forms without this security box are bombarded by these bogus submissions, which in turn, could lead to denial of service attacks against ARIN systems.

Suggestion 2006.10 is now closed.