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Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
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Thu, 30 Mar 2000 19:26:54 GMT
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 16:30:51 GMT "Richard Franks" <spontificus@yahoo.com> wrote
concerning 'Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)':
> In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> Also, my LUGNET password got a bravissimo, and all the passwords I normally use
> were worthless :)
heh, my lugnet password came up weak (FAIL)... my personal password
came up ok (like 150%) and my root password came up 300% :)
> As an aside, would you actually allow someone to brute-force hack into a LUGNET
> account? Or disable the account for X hours automatically after Y fails? If Y
> was 5 or something else low, then the possibility of brute-force hacks is
> significantly reduced?
defenitly - disable for 30 minutes after 5 failed attempts, counting a
bad cookie as an attempt...
:)
Dan
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