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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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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) You could make it stricter I think, send out an email warning with a code# to the member, and block access until they have replied. You could either use the code# to automate unblocking the account, or as part of a manual check. The code# (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) It allows: a1b2c3, but fails 1a2b3c, I thought it would (and probably does) check for numeric sequences? (...) It fails: LL-918 as worthless, but gives LL-928 an excellent :) Maybe you should add lots of LEGO set names and abbreviations? EG (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) ! 

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