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15 | <B>Strider</B> | |
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17 | TITLE="[IRCServices] Re: [Andy Smith - IRCServices]">strider at chatcircuit.com | |
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19 | <I>Mon Mar 19 17:03:00 PST 2001</I> | |
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34 | <PRE>You need to keep in mind that not every Tom Dick and Harry is the most | |
35 | computer literate person in the world or knows about making good passwords. | |
36 | Many people try to make passwords they can remember, like the name of their | |
37 | dog, their address, etc etc. It is very bad practice, but there is no way to | |
38 | just go out to the world and tell everyone their password is insecure, blah | |
39 | blah blah. Am I not right? I do try to tell my users to use strong | |
40 | passwords. Some do, some don't. You don't just abandone those who chose not | |
41 | to, because that is the majority, whether we like it or not. | |
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43 | If any feel this is a big issue and want it fixed, I suggest making a logon | |
44 | news, motd entry, and a web page for your irc server stating the fact you | |
45 | want your users to make strong passwords. This will NOT force every single | |
46 | user to do so, so don't be surprised if it doesn't even work. | |
47 | ||
48 | Suggestion on a feature: | |
49 | Allow services to make a randomly generated password. Perhaps /msg nickserv | |
50 | register RANDOM email would do it rather than set it to random. Since the | |
51 | services does reply to you with the password you entered, the user has a | |
52 | chance to write down the password. | |
53 | ||
54 | Beau (Strider) Steward | |
55 | chatcircuit administrator and 6bit band member | |
56 | <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">strider at chatcircuit.com</A> www.chatcircuit.com | |
57 | <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">ircadmin at chatcircuit.com</A> irc.chatcircuit.com | |
58 | <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">strider at 6bit.net</A> www.6bit.net | |
59 | ----- Original Message ----- | |
60 | From: "Andy Smith" <<A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">andy at strugglers.net</A>> | |
61 | To: <<A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">ircservices at ircservices.za.net</A>> | |
62 | Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 8:20 AM | |
63 | Subject: Re: [IRCServices] Re: [Andy Smith - IRCServices] | |
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66 | ><i> On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 17:42:52 +0200, Partizanu <<A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">silvius at expres.ro</A>> wrote: | |
67 | </I>><i> | |
68 | </I>><i> >Imagine this: | |
69 | </I>><i> >Some user, let`s say Guest007 come to you and say: | |
70 | </I>><i> >- Hello my dear services admin! I have a problem. User BadGuest stole my | |
71 | </I>password | |
72 | ><i> >and I want my nick back. Can you do something about this? | |
73 | </I>><i> | |
74 | </I>><i> In this situation, BadGuest was given the password by the user, or else | |
75 | </I>the | |
76 | ><i> user did something to allow BadGuest to easily guess it. That is the | |
77 | </I>user's | |
78 | ><i> problem. | |
79 | </I>><i> | |
80 | </I>><i> The other slim possibility is that the IRC network itself has someone | |
81 | </I>><i> sniffing passwords on it. That is a problem that needs to be solved, and | |
82 | </I>no | |
83 | ><i> part of services can solve it for you. | |
84 | </I>><i> | |
85 | </I>><i> The vast majority of "password stealing" incidents are down to users | |
86 | </I>sharing | |
87 | ><i> their passwords. | |
88 | </I>><i> | |
89 | </I>><i> -- | |
90 | </I>><i> Andy Smith <<A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">andy at strugglers.net</A>> | |
91 | </I>><i> | |
92 | </I>><i> ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
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95 | </I>><i> <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices</A> | |
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