Posted December 23, 2021 by Aravinth Manivannan ‐ 2 min read
Last Edited December 24, 2021
We are mCaptcha. We build kickass CAPTCHA systems that give (DDoS) attackers a run for their money. And we do all of this without tracking your users. Oh and did I mention our UX is great?
Hello and welcome to the first edition of the monthly report!
I believe free software like mCaptcha is critical to a healthy internet +
Posted December 23, 2021 by Aravinth Manivannan ‐ 2 min read
Last Edited June 14, 2022
We are mCaptcha. We build kickass CAPTCHA systems that give (DDoS) attackers a run for their money. And we do all of this without tracking your users. Oh and did I mention our UX is great?
Hello and welcome to the first edition of the monthly report!
I believe free software like mCaptcha is critical to a healthy internet but being a one-person show, there’s hardly any accountability in the way software is built. I hope, through monthly reports, I can explain the logic and intentions behind decisions taken in the development -process.
This month, the following things were accomplished:
The CAPTCHA widget and the admin dashboard are 100% LibreJS compliant!
mCaptcha relied on a WebAssembly(WASM) port of the proof-of-work +process.
This month, the following things were accomplished:
The CAPTCHA widget and the admin dashboard are 100% LibreJS compliant!
mCaptcha relied on a WebAssembly(WASM) port of the proof-of-work algorithm used in mCaptcha. This meanth browsers without WASM support couldn’t process CAPTCHAs. This month, a pure JavaScript(TypeScript, technically) implementation was released to @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Js and Svelte with similar APIs very similar to that of Google’s reCAPTCHA and Cloudflare’s hCaptcha.
The original configuration panel offers a comprehensive but daunting -task for folks that are justgetting started with mCaptcha.
A new CAPTCHA creation format is rolled out which generates a +task for folks that are justgetting started with mCaptcha.
A new CAPTCHA creation format is rolled out which generates a configuration from familiar metrics like average, peak and traffic that -took the user’s website down.
Of course, the advance option is available and can always be swished to +took the user’s website down.
Of course, the advance option is available and can always be swished to at any moment!
Python bindings to mCaptcha PoW, DDoS effectiveness measurement, major refactoring to prepare for support for other databases, We also tried to test its DoS defence effectiveness, and some exciting news regarding managed hosting!
Posted June 10, 2022 by Aravinth Manivannan ‐ 4 min read
Last Edited June 14, 2022
New features, improved accessibility and software integrations
Posted December 23, 2021 by Aravinth Manivannan ‐ 2 min read
Last Edited December 24, 2021
We are conducting a survey to benchmark and gather performance metrics of our system on various devices
Posted October 28, 2021 by Aravinth Manivannan ‐ 1 min read
Last Edited December 23, 2021
PoW performance of native and WASM implementations. Does the native implementation have and edge over the WASM library?
Posted September 1, 2021 by Aravinth Manivannan ‐ 2 min read
Last Edited September 1, 2021
Introducing mCaptcha, a kickass CAPTCHA systems that gives (DDoS) attackers a run for their money. Oh and UX is great too!
Posted May 26, 2021 by Aravinth Manivannan ‐ 2 min read
Last Edited December 2, 2021
Python bindings to mCaptcha PoW, DDoS effectiveness measurement, major refactoring to prepare for support for other databases, We also tried to test its DoS defence effectiveness, and some exciting news regarding managed hosting!
Posted June 10, 2022 by Aravinth Manivannan ‐ 4 min read
Last Edited June 14, 2022
New features, improved accessibility and software integrations
Posted December 23, 2021 by Aravinth Manivannan ‐ 2 min read
Last Edited June 14, 2022
We are conducting a survey to benchmark and gather performance metrics of our system on various devices
Posted October 28, 2021 by Aravinth Manivannan ‐ 1 min read
Last Edited December 23, 2021
PoW performance of native and WASM implementations. Does the native implementation have and edge over the WASM library?
Posted September 1, 2021 by Aravinth Manivannan ‐ 2 min read
Last Edited September 1, 2021
Introducing mCaptcha, a kickass CAPTCHA systems that gives (DDoS) attackers a run for their money. Oh and UX is great too!
Posted May 26, 2021 by Aravinth Manivannan ‐ 2 min read
Last Edited December 2, 2021
Posted June 10, 2022 by Aravinth Manivannan ‐ 4 min read
Last Edited June 14, 2022
We are mCaptcha. We build kickass CAPTCHA systems that give (DDoS) attackers a run for their money. And we do all of this without tracking your users. Oh and did I mention our UX is great?
Hello and welcome to the May 2022 edition of the monthly report!
mCaptcha, for a while was showing all the signs of a dead project: +
Posted June 10, 2022 by Aravinth Manivannan ‐ 4 min read
Last Edited June 14, 2022
We are mCaptcha. We build kickass CAPTCHA systems that give (DDoS) attackers a run for their money. And we do all of this without tracking your users. Oh and did I mention our UX is great?
Hello and welcome to the May 2022 edition of the monthly report!
mCaptcha, for a while was showing all the signs of a dead project: no commits on the repositories and no monthly updates. But the project is far from dead!
pow_py contains bindings to pow_sha256, the @@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ during which I hope to finish running the experiment
Special thanks to alan2000alex for help with setting up infrastructure of the experiment.
mCaptcha underwent a major refactor during the month of May: We re-wrote and cleaned up all database-related stuff for higher flexibility -flexibility and generally good architecture. This refactor lays the -foundation for implementing support for alternate database software -programs(we currently support PostgreSQL only).
We recently joined the Fediverse on a +and generally good architecture. This refactor lays the foundation +for implementing support for alternate database software +programs(we currently support PostgreSQL only).
We recently joined the Fediverse on a GoToSocial instance run by @realaravinth. We’ll soon be deleting our Twitter account in favour of the Fediverse account.
Fediverse account: -@mCapthca@batsense.net
I, @realaravinth, have been busy with ForgeFlux +@mCaptcha@batsense.net
I, @realaravinth, have been busy with ForgeFlux and Hostea — both of which are software forge related and so when usable, will mostly improve the Free Software ecosystem. Hostea is @@ -101,16 +101,16 @@ provide managed hosting for the same. The project is , which allows for multiple service providers who adhere to the Hostea policies to operate under the Hostea umbrella — essentially allowing for the creation of -smaller, highly localised cooperatives.
Cooperatives are interesting, and we believe that mCapthca, too, can +smaller, highly localised cooperatives.
Cooperatives are interesting, and we believe that mCaptcha, too, can benefit from such an architecture as it will prevent any one party from single-handedly sabotaging the project. The experience gained from -Hostea will be reused in providing managed hosting for mCapthca.
By the end of this year, mCapthca will reorganise into a horizontal +Hostea will be reused in providing managed hosting for mCaptcha.
By the end of this year, mCaptcha will reorganise into a horizontal community and adopt radical transparency to improve trust and reliability of the project
P.S: I, realaravinth, would do it sooner but I’m a little busy right now, so if someone is interested to help out do reach out and so that -we could do it sooner!
In context of mCapthca, radical transparency will include all decisions +we could do it sooner!
In context of mCaptcha, radical transparency will include all decisions publicly made, funding and expenses publicly documented, and all collaborations, too, publicly documented. This of course doesn’t imply that private, personally identifiable information(addresses and phone numbers, for instance) will be publicly disclosed. Such information will -be redacted and published.
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