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| (...) Probably there will be a way to set an additional password to use on top of the main password as a simple sign-in/sign-out layer, or to choose one of several machine-generated passwords. (...) By design, that is impossible. There is no way to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Just a side note about the sign-in cookie... Your member ID and password are stored in the cookie, but in murfled form. Thus, if someone is able to steal your sign-in cookie, they can impersonate you, but they still won't know your password, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) can't someone already post in your name without knowing your password? I believe all you need to be able to post is your name and email address... heh, going to test that in a sec. btw, as far as password choosing and forcing - well, I believe (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| Ok, I've broken down and put my Lugnet membership card with my machine generated password taped to the back of it in my wallet. So I can sign in anywhere I go until I get to pick my own password. Now, though, I want more, and I think other people do (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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| (...) Thick-skulled, maybe...dunno if I agree about boneheaded. :) I guess next time I'll hafta read your mind. I only had what you wrote to go on -- which seemed to be implying something false. I was only replying to point out that it -was- indeed (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) So I suppose Todd is going to have to call you on the telephone again to give you your password. I guess that we can forgive you as you have recently moved into a new home and that can increase anyones confusion/disorganization factor. Are you (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) 5: Members can't remember their passwords? At least, that's the case for me... My password was put in a safe place when it got mailed to me, and I haven't had a chance to dig it out (yes, I know where it is) and use it, now that there's an (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Excellent point. Thanks. You've just demonstrated that a machine generated password does absolutely nothing to ensure (as in 100%) that a password is actually unique to a particular system. It makes it more probable, but doesn't (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Yep, you can be sure he's not the only one. I have two computers at home, but regardless I often get online from the school library or the ESL room (1). At those times I can only read, not post or rate or anything. OTOH, when I want to read my (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) A password system that, I remind you, controls your access to *two* things- neither one of which even approaches being essential to normal use. (...) I think that Todd's reasoning, posted elsewhere in this thread, is well-thought-out. Trying (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I got it again :) (URL) 18546b (URL) 20451b Although this time when I diffed the files, as far as I could tell they were the same - the first just got truncated.. The time was 19:33 GMT, and the difference in file size is 1905b. I dunno uf (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Yeah, I don't think I've ever "signed in" simply because I can't bother to keep up with another password I didn't pick. Once I hear I can login ONCE with this password I refuse to put any effort into holding onto or remembering and change it (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) This could be a polite request to people, but as Mike Stanley pointed out yesterday, there's technically no way to ensure it 100%. (Which doesn't diminish its desirability, only its effectiveness somewhat.) (...) How would you use your member (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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| (...) Then implement a username/password system that doesn't require a membership but can accomodate one. Pretty simple, just have a membership field in the record. People who are just trying it out can read and post, but not access member-only (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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