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CipherMail
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CipherMail provides a safe alternative to the mail_to helper by hiding mailto links from e-mail harvesting bots. The generated output is completely obfuscated by a 1024 bit random key. They keyword is stored on the server, so it is never revealed to the client. Processing is performed on the server-side via an AJAX request and the decrypted redirect is returned to the client, opening a mail composer window… just like normal mailto link.
Example
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<%= ciphermail_to "John Smith", "someone@somedomain.com" %>
Note: A new key is generated every time you restart your web-server.
If you'd like to manually generate a new key, simply run:
ruby ./script/runner "CipherMailSetup.genkey"
That’s it! Have fun, and feel free to send me questions or comments.
Copyright © 2007-2009 Michael Behan aka "JabberWock" (djether /AT gmail /DOT com) Released under the BSD license
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| Home | http://github.com/jabberwock/ciphermail |
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| Repository | http://github.com/jabberwock/ciphermail/tree/master |
| License | BSD |
| Tags |
anti caeser cipher crypto e-mail email harvesting mailto safe security spam vigenere
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| Rating | (20 votes) |
| Owner | Jabberwock |
| Created | 23 July 2007 |
Comments
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A little less convoluted, maybe? http://hivelogic.com/enkoder
I think both your solutions will fail when spammers start processing javascript or using something like: http://search.cpan.org/~abeltje/Win32-IE-Mechanize-0.009/lib/Win32/IE/Mechanize.pm#DESCRIPTION
blah, the battle rages on.
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Felipe Giotto1 October 2007
Good post, very easy to use, and not so easy to break! Thanks! I'll store this in my recommended plugins list!
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Thank you both for your feedback :) It is always appreciated!
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seems the rails.bleedingtrends.com site has disappeared. ive googled but cannot find this repository or code anywhere else. any place i can still find it?
