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Re^2: It's Time for Everyone to Change Passwords!

by tirwhan (Abbot)
on Jul 29, 2009 at 09:50 UTC ( [id://784190]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: It's Time for Everyone to Change Passwords!
in thread It's Time for Everyone to Change Passwords!

I suggest everyone's password be randomized.

There is a danger in that, because several people (especially users with old accounts) will not have updated their email address and will therefore not receive their new password. Despite that, I strongly support this suggestion, dealing with people who have lost access is going to result in a lot less pain than having malicious kiddies logging onto overlooked accounts for months to come.

Also, I think virtualsue is absolutely right, take the site down now and don't put it back up until it's running on a known-clean machine.


All dogma is stupid.

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