How do I add a CAPTCHA to a web site written with ASP.NET/VB

Robert Barnes 71 Reputation points
2024-04-27T05:08:50.44+00:00

A bot seems to be using my web site to send out emails via AmazonSES. I want to add a CAPTCHA to it to prevent this. I came across

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71515717/how-to-add-captcha-in-asp-net-project

which appears to be what I want, but the examples use C# rather than VB. I tried to convert the C# to VB, but I got into a mess.

I checked the similar questions through this forum and found this

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/652050/vb-human-verificaion-boot-attacks-recaptcha-or-sim

which tells me that reCAPTCHA is not supported on this forum. So is there something that works with ASP/NET (VB)?

Any useful information will be appreciated.

Thank you, Robert.

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  1. Lan Huang-MSFT 25,866 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-04-29T03:45:15.3233333+00:00

    Hi @Robert Barnes,

    You can use the MSCaptcha Library in ASP.Net.

    Download MSCaptcha

    In order to use MSCaptcha control, you will need to add reference of MSCaptcha Library and then register on the Page as shown below.

    <%@ Register Assembly="MSCaptcha" Namespace="MSCaptcha" TagPrefix="cc1" %>

    Web.Config Modifications:

    <configuration>
    //ADD
	<appSettings>
		<add key="ValidationSettings:UnobtrusiveValidationMode" value="None" />
	</appSettings>
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" strict="false" explicit="true" targetFramework="4.8" />
    //ADD
	  <httpHandlers>
		  <add verb="GET" path="CaptchaImage.axd" type="MSCaptcha.CaptchaImageHandler, MSCaptcha"/>
	  </httpHandlers>
    <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.8" />
  </system.web>
  <system.codedom>
    <compilers>
      <compiler language="c#;cs;csharp" extension=".cs" type="Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.CSharpCodeProvider, Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform, Version=2.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" warningLevel="4" compilerOptions="/langversion:default /nowarn:1659;1699;1701" />
      <compiler language="vb;vbs;visualbasic;vbscript" extension=".vb" type="Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.VBCodeProvider, Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform, Version=2.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" warningLevel="4" compilerOptions="/langversion:default /nowarn:41008 /define:_MYTYPE=\&quot;Web\&quot; /optionInfer+" />
    </compilers>
  </system.codedom>
  //ADD
	<system.webServer>
		<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
		<handlers>
			<add name="MSCaptcha.captchaImageHandler" verb="GET" path="CaptchaImage.axd" type="MSCaptcha.CaptchaImageHandler, MSCaptcha" resourceType="Unspecified"/>
		</handlers>
	</system.webServer>
</configuration>

    Demo

    <%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="MSCaptcha" Namespace="MSCaptcha" TagPrefix="cc1" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <div>
            <cc1:CaptchaControl ID="captcha1" runat="server" CaptchaBackgroundNoise="Low" CaptchaLength="5"
                CaptchaHeight="60" CaptchaWidth="200" CaptchaLineNoise="None" CaptchaMinTimeout="5"
                CaptchaMaxTimeout="240" FontColor="#529E00" ErrorInputTooFast="Image text was typed too quickly. " ErrorInputTooSlow="Image text was typed too slowly." EnableViewState="False" />
            <asp:TextBox ID="txtCaptcha" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
            <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="rfvCaptcha" runat="server" ErrorMessage="*Required"
                ControlToValidate="txtCaptcha" Display="Dynamic"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
            <asp:Label ID="lblMessage" runat="server"></asp:Label>
            <br />
            <br />
            <asp:Button ID="btnVerify" runat="server" Text="Verify" OnClick="OnVerify" />
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

    Imports System.Drawing
Partial Class _Default
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
    Protected Sub OnVerify(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs)
        captcha1.ValidateCaptcha(txtCaptcha.Text.Trim())
        If captcha1.UserValidated Then
            lblMessage.ForeColor = Color.Green
            lblMessage.Text = "Valid"
        Else
            lblMessage.ForeColor = Color.Red
            lblMessage.Text = "InValid"
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

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    Best regards,
    Lan Huang

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