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Subject: 
Re: LUGNET Memberships
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:50:04 GMT
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In lugnet.people, Todd Lehman writes:
In lugnet.people, Kevin Loch writes:
Ack!  Don't you realize that's much more insecure than your semi-secure
easially rememberable passwords?

Of course not -- because that's patently false.

Uhhh, if you chronically have trouble remembering good passwords, you should
be writing them down and putting them somewhere *safe* that you trust -- like
your dresser drawer at home, or a jewelry case, or somewhere else safe behind
lock and key that you already trust.  Then, if you should happen to forget
your passwords, you can look them up and refresh your memory.  There's nothing
inherently insecure about written-down passwords.  And something like a PayPal
password (if you can't remember it), write that down encoded somehow, to foil
burglars.

Wouldn't it be easier to e-mail the forgotten password to the e-mail address
your members input upon registration?  That e-mail could be intercepted but I
don't think a lot of people would go into that kind of trouble to be able to
look at someone's personal collection.



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  Re: LUGNET Memberships
 
(...) I started doing that about 2 weeks ago. It generates a password, sends an email with that password, then stores the encrypted password. The membership packet then contains a backup password. In the case of older members, or if someone deleted (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: LUGNET Memberships
 
(...) Of course not -- because that's patently false. Uhhh, if you chronically have trouble remembering good passwords, you should be writing them down and putting them somewhere *safe* that you trust -- like your dresser drawer at home, or a (...) (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general)

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