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Hunter X, a dedicated thief who wasn't afraid of dying could break that with no tools in fewer than 28 runs. With some crowbars, you could do it in fewer runs. There are much better maps to be made for $24105.
Jason, whatever you have done to stop spam is clearly not enough. Spammers are still starting new topics.
There's another option though, which I used myself in phpBB. It does not require CAPTCHAs, and it does not annoy real users.
First you have to understand what these spambots are generally doing:
-- They probably found this board by searching for "Powered by FluxBB" in Google. Some may also search for "Index User list Search Register Login" in order to find boards that removed the FluxBB footer.
-- Requiring valid email addresses won't stop the more advanced spambots, which know how to receive the default FluxBB email and use it.
-- When they post anonymously, they know to fill in the req_username, req_email, and req_message fields.
-- When they register, they know how to fill in req_user, req_email1, and req_email2.
-- They know that the buttons are called "Submit" and "Preview"
-- They know the addresses register.php, login.php, and post.php, and can navigate there directly by URL.
So the solution, of course, is to change FluxBB names from their defaults. Change the "Submit" button, change the names of the req_ fields, change the names of the php files. If you want to be really fancy, make req_message into a hidden field, and make the actual visible field called req_real_message. Then, if anyone submits a req_message, you know they're a spambot. You can do a similar thing with the register page.
The users won't even notice it, but it should stop the spambots cold. Hope it works for you!
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