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  Re: LUGNET Memberships
 
(...) Actually, all they need to know is my customer number and a PIN to view my account records. I would consider my bank account records much more valuable than my LUGNET profile, no offense :) If the concern is script kiddies cracking accounts, (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: LUGNET Memberships
 
(...) Yup. (...) Done! Thank you very much. Chris (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: LUGNET Memberships
 
(...) Yup! Like on a yellow stickie note on a monitor? So I've been told. :-) But that little insecurity is more secure overall than having a system full of bad pw's that any script kiddie anywhere in the world can crack while sleeping. BTW, if (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  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 (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: LUGNET Memberships
 
(...) The insecurity of written down passwords is when they are put someplace accessible and obvious. This is done sufficiently often by people that it is often treated as an inherent problem with writing down passwords. One trick I have used to (...) (26 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)


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