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Question What is the AntiBot Protection feature in XUD and how do I use it?

Answer XUD has a feature called AntiBot Protection that creates an image during registration for verification of a valid registrant. This feature helps prevent automated scripts from registering users on your site. The requirement of viewing the image and entering the characters exactly separates human registrants from automated scripts.

This feature requires an online image component to generate the image file with the random text within it. The following imaging components are supported: gbAntiBotRegProtect must be set to True in XUDConfig.asp. Also, gsAntiBotChars must be a string of characters that the application will use to create the Anti Bot code. You should avoid using characters that look similar, such as O (capital letter o) and 0 (zero). By default, it is set to "BCFGHJLMNPQRSTVWXZ123456789". gsAntiBotTestCodeImagePath should also be set to "XUDAntiBotTest".