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Subject:	Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Sat, 22 Apr 2000 04:10:20 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: > having a password validator that doesn't suck is IMHO a fundamental > prerequisite to allowing passwords to be changed. Anything less is > irresponsible. Even if you have great passwords - can't just anyone in the intervening networks between the user and LUGNET just snoop in and copy down the unencrypted password? Richard

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		Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
(...) Not if it uses https, which I assume it will at some point. (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

		Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
(...) As long as it's using http and not https, yes. Once it's in a cookie, it's no longer plaintext, so it's less susceptible to snooping although still susceptible to playback attacks. --Todd (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

		Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
(...) So are you going to enforce that people HAVE to set their passwords to things that the validator feels don't suck, or are you going to give advice but allow it anyway? The former is rather draconian for a site that doesn't handle money. I've (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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		PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
(...) Fair enough. (...) Not really. Wish I hadn't had to. (...) Not really, no. It's not intended as a toy or a means of entertainment. I enjoyed getting feedback on aspects of it to the extent that getting useful feedback is enjoyable. (...) Not (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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