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  Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
 
(...) No, the last phase of encoding (and thus the first phase of decoding) for the sign-in cookie is a Base16 (ASCII hex [0-9A-F]) pass. This, however, is applied to an already-encrypted id/pw combo, which has been passed through a pad-style (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

password
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  Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
 
(...) 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 (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

password
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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) What's involved in setting up an https server? I remember reading once upon a time (it must've been about 2 years ago) that it could be kind of a mess, and that connections often took 1 second to authenticate. That would be a problem for (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

password
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  Re: Ratings thrown out; changed to Highlighting (was: Re: the latest news)
 
(...) Hrmmm.... maybe this is the Bushmills talking, but this new thing (I just noticed it) seems a little ... watered down. I'll admit - I've rated things high and low, for lots of reasons. I'll probably not go back and read this whole discussion (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 

password
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  Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) You talk as if you seem to know how much actual time was spent on it. Elapsed time is a crude indicator of development time. (...) Sorry if you feel the password checker is useless. Sorry if you feel inclined to make gross assumptions about (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

password
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

password
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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) It's not too hard. But I forgot; you're using a web hosting place. (Pair?) Depending on what level of service you're paying for, you may already have ssl support. (Or conversely, it may not be an option.) (...) I've not noticed that bad of a (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

password
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  Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) Better (...) So so. If the feature is to be kept, prefer that they be viewable. Else why have them. (...) Better. Wish the time had never been spent to develop them. (...) Victimized? Hardly. Annoyed that there's a strategic rater out there (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 

password
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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) 1. Can you use https for this? 2. How about a 'passwords submitted aren't logged' privacy statement? Why? 'Cause it's so cool I was instantly tempted into typing in old passwords that I no longer use, and was almost tempted into typing in (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 

password
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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) Ugh. "[l3G()]" gets a 506% passing grade. (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

password
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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) the wrong way. "Toy" as in "geek thing to play with" rather than as in "insignificant".) (...) Yes! Several passwords of the form "[l3G0]" (with brackets but without the quotation marks) get an adequate passing grade of ~149%. Try things like (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

password
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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) Okay, what is left?? I am wondering what kind of imagination I will need to generate an acceptable password. So far I have had no problem generating passwords that exceed 300% acceptance, but if the acceptable parameters continue to become (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 

password
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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) I am starting to think that this password checker, in its current form (which I'd like to see left accessable as it IS useful) shouldn't actually block a password. It should tell me that "maybe this isn't a good choice" but it doesn't know (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) ! 
 

password
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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
I guess this can be fun. With a bit of tweaking here and there, I just generated a password which returned a 1269% approval rating. Anyone think they can top that? __Kevin Salm__ (24 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

password
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  Re: Posting Cookie sent with Membership Login?
 
(...) You must be a mind reader... I was just about to post this today! Please, Todd, I want this too. I' be willing to memorize that password on the member card if this was possible - then I could finally post in the school library, right now I can (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

password
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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) OK, here it is: (URL) summary: Type in a password and it tells you "pass" or "fail". First important question: Are there any bad passwords which this fails to reject? (If it rejects a seemingly good password, that's not necessarily a problem. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !! 
 

password
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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
I have a suggestion, you may want to test substitute things like "!" as a substitute for "l" or "i". Have you thought about vowels being dropped and K/c substitutions. I have a password which I would consider a worthless password the way you are (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 

password
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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) Ouch... it passes @%)^*$, which is a +shift version of my birthdate. Now that's a bad password! Just like it doesn't allow an only numeric sequence, or an only alphabetic sequence, it should not allow an only spec. character sequence. -Shiri (24 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

password
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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:28:05 GMT "Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote concerning 'Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)': (...) heh, it might be interesting to see a log of the passwords... though I'm sure that Todd (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 

password
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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) LOL... that reminds me. My sis used to use a password for this game we had, she was just 4 and needed something she could remember, when all she knew to write was her name. But she didn't want something SO obvious (never mind that I helped her (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

password
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