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= Protect registration with a skimpyGimpy CAPTCHA

== Description

The CaptchaAuthPlugin puts a [http://skimpygimpy.sourceforge.net/ skimpyGimpy] CAPTCHA on the registration page to protect from unwanted bots.  Requires the AccountManagerPlugin and its registration module to be enabled.

See also: CaptchaAuthPlusPlugin.

== Bugs/Feature Requests

Existing bugs and feature requests for CaptchaAuthPlugin are 
[report:9?COMPONENT=CaptchaAuthPlugin here].

If you have any issues, create a 
[http://trac-hacks.org/newticket?component=CaptchaAuthPlugin&owner=k0s new ticket].

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== Download

Download the zipped source from [download:captchaauthplugin here].

== Source

You can check out CaptchaAuthPlugin from [http://trac-hacks.org/svn/captchaauthplugin here] using Subversion, or [source:captchaauthplugin browse the source] with Trac.

== Dependencies

If you perform an installation via egg, then the following dependencies need to be pulled in manually:

 - AccountManagerPlugin 
 - ComponentDependencyPlugin
 - TracSqlHelperScript
 - [http://skimpygimpy.sourceforge.net/ skimpygimpy]

== Example

Enable the plugin. A screenshot of the modified registration form is shown below:

[[Image(screenshot.png)]]

== Recent Changes

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== Author/Contributors

''Originally developed at [http://openplans.org The Open Planning Project]''

'''Authors:''' [wiki:nicholasbs], [wiki:k0s] [[BR]]
'''Maintainer:''' ''none'' [[BR]]
'''Contributors:'''