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Re: Password checks (was: Re: LUGNET Memberships)
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lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Tue, 26 Sep 2000 14:47:48 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman wrote:

I didn't plan for that.  In the beginning, I honestly didn't think that anyone
would ever forget their password (or at least not have it written down
somewhere that they could find it).

Huh?  Todd, I hope you meant to write, "I didn't think about dealing with
people forgetting their passwords".

People forget passwords *all* *the* *time*.  That's why so many sites have
such ridiculously unsecure password requirements -- so people can remember
how to get in.

And writing passwords down doesn't help -- people either either leave them
out in the open, or they put them in a safe place, and forget what that
safe place is.

Steve



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  Re: Password checks (was: Re: LUGNET Memberships)
 
(...) No, I meant exactly that: I didn't think that anyone would ever (a) forget their password or (b) not be able to just go look it up. When you put it in a cookie, you don't even have to remember it beyond that, unless you move to different (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Password checks (was: Re: LUGNET Memberships)
 
(...) I didn't plan for that. In the beginning, I honestly didn't think that anyone would ever forget their password (or at least not have it written down somewhere that they could find it). I'll have to come up with something. Since the pw's are (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general)

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