Project Honeypot Link generator

Posted by Paul Klinkenberg in CFML on June 20, 2010

LinkGenerator.cfc

By using the LinkGenerator.cfc (source), you can create completely random invisible links to the Project Honeypot page on your website. Since email harvester scripts are getting better all the time, I found it necessary to change the html markup all the time, to prevent the link from being filtered away by the harvester bot.

Usage

1. Create your own honeypot by visiting and logging into https://www.projecthoneypot.org/
2. Download the code given by PH, and upload it somewhere into your website.
3. Visit the page you just uploaded, let's say http://www.yoursite.com/honeypotpage.cfm, and follow the instructions

4. Upload the LinkGenerator.cfc file to your website
5. Use the following code to add a link to your website:

<cfinvoke component="LinkGenerator" method="init" returnvariable="variables.oLinkGenerator">
      <cfinvokeargument name="honeyPotURL" value="http://www.yoursite.com/honeypotpage.cfm" />
</cfinvoke>
<cfoutput>#variables.oLinkGenerator.getHTML()#</cfoutput>

Customizing

If you want to customize what the links will look like, then open the cfc and edit what you like. I added some comments in it, so it should be no problem.