Wiley Online adds CAPTCHA (13 . 07 . 2015)
Wiley Online Library adds CAPTCHA to prevent systematic article downloads
Wiley has introduced a new security feature for access to articles
through Wiley Online Library. This is in order to prevent systematic
downloads of content and also to thwart hackers from creating other
security risks for both library and vendor.
You may
have encountered CAPTCHA challenge (see graphic below) after completing a
poll, leaving a blog comment, or purchasing tickets from a website.
This is a speed bump to deter bot traffic, by creating tests only humans
can pass. If you are interested in additional information regarding
CAPTCHA, feel free to visit their website at www.captcha.net.
What
does this mean for you? Previously, the only security measure in place
was to limit downloads to one-hundred articles per session. Wiley's new
practice will require a user downloading more than twenty-five articles
in an active user session, (a session of activity that a user from
within your IP range spends on Wiley Online Library) to complete a
CAPTCHA challenge, like this one:
Once the user enters the CAPTCHA information, the download request
completes and the user is cleared to continue downloading in increments
of twenty-five, up to one hundred in a twenty-four hour period.
Wiley
understands and is committed to providing easily accessible information
for your patrons. We also realize that this may seem like a hindrance
for ease of access to our content. Nevertheless, this has become an
essential security measure that we must take to protect both parties.
Again, the only patrons affected will be those who try to access more
than twenty five articles per session. Upon successful completion of the
CAPTCHA test, they will be granted all the access to the content they
wish.
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