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I dug out my original password, it was a miracle I found it, actually, and spent a little time playing with this: (URL) Todd advised me it existed. Leaving the issue of how secure passwords should be aside for the moment, (we'll let the (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general) ! 
 
  Re: Member Password Center
 
(...) One nit I forgot to post, in the retirement section: c /Type the new password you want to retire:/Type the OLD password you want to retire:/ ++Lar (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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Another usefull feature of being able to have multiple passwords, and to retire them at your leisure is that for those weird random times when you have a good reason to let someone else use your account (perhaps Todd needs to log on as you to debug (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) oopies. (thanks.) --Todd (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) Cool, I just added a password I can actually remember. Some nitpicks, though: shouldn't the input fields be password fields instead of regular text fields (ie, asterisks instead of letters). Otherwise, there's not real point in retyping the (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:Fu3oAt.I3I@lugnet.com... (...) Lets not. I was thinking about this yesterday. Is the answer to this not to have two "memorable" passwords, rather than one that looks like a missile launch (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) Let's do. Todd has stated his position on this many, many times, and has shown little desire to change his mind. Dragging it back out would only foment trouble and breed bad feelings (not to mention the smaller matter of raising the (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) shown (...) It was an idea. You may not like it. Todd may well not like it. But it's still an idea. Scott A (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) shown (...) Agreed. I've got two memorable passwords right now. One happens to be taken from a sentence that denotes what I think of the current level of security, which makes it VERY memorable for me, anyway. :-) So I would agree. no need to (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) The fact that an issue results in high traffic means that it needs fixed - not swept under the carpet. The merits of my suggestion aside, some pretty weak logic is being applied here. Scott A (...) fangled (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) Not necessarily. The logic is both simple and sound: 1) Arguments have been made. 2) Todd has made a decision. 3) Further arguments have been made. 4) Todd has basically said under no circumstances is he going to change his mind. It's not so (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) not (...) The fact that an issue results in high traffic means that it needs fixed - not swept under the carpet. The merits of my suggestion aside, some pretty weak logic is being applied here. Scott A (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought. Hey, Todd, I've been meaning to ask this for a while now- is there any way you can adjust the skip-filter to allow for killfiling users as opposed to groups? eric (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) It isn't up for discussion, and it never really was. Drop it. --Todd (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) Isn't this a discussion group? How does this discussion go against the terms of use? I don't think it was a good idea either, and nobody can make you implement anything, but why can't he discuss it, that's what I don't understand. /Eric McC/ (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) That it is! (...) Hummm, did I somehow imply that it did? (...) All right, fine. I forgot the "please." Scott, please drop this -- you're beating a very dead horse. In my best estimation, the password checker is appropriate (if not a shade (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 
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(...) For the record, I raised this issue once. My other messages in the thread related to the nature of the debate and not the issue itself – or at least that was my intention. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) I stand corrected. Misunderstood your intention. --Todd (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) Lorbaat makes my day! Stop handing out such high praise, will ya? My head already has trouble getting through airplane boarding doors as it is. ++Lar (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) A) it's no longer high traffic, it's just the usual malcontents and troublemakers rather than a huge groundswell. B) what exactly is weak about Todd saying "his marbles, his decision, that's it"? It may not be logic but it's as strong a (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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(...) not (...) Perish the thought. I did not even read the password thread as I found it boring to a certain extent - as it does not effect me. I made the suggestion in good faith which I thought may have pleased more people than what exists right (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:FuF26n.KsJ@lugnet.com... (...) I was bemused by Eric's statement to a certain extent. I'm sure there is every possibility he may be 100% correct, but I just wondered what he had based it on? (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 
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(...) All kidding aside, you've got a point there. It's a general principle in system design of all sorts that you want opinions of actual experts as WELL as opinions from those who will be using the system. But I'm not sure that was what Eric was (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Member Password Center
 
(...) OK, there's now a "retire all old passwords" option here... (URL) one that you want to keep, it looks for a match and whacks the others. --Todd (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)

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