whats with the banking institution pw rules...

whats with the banking institution pw rules...#304876

By RubberMallet - April 6th, 2010, 11:11 am

- April 6th, 2010, 11:11 am #304876

..geez alou.

Formerly ishbox.

<--idiot, i guess, per bigsmooth/thepostman

<--smart jerk per bigsmooth

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Re: whats with the banking institution pw rules...#304889

By PAmedic - April 6th, 2010, 12:17 pm

- April 6th, 2010, 12:17 pm #304889

too much porn

this was sent out by Email earlier this AM:

Hello, FlameFans.com members.

We've had a good run without spam on our board, but it looks like we're dealing with a new round of that in the last couple of weeks. As a result, you will see some changes on the board beginning today.

Most immediately, you will notice that if your password is older than 1 year, you will have to change it in order to use the board. We understand that this is inconvenient, but this is the price of security on a very open Internet.

Some of the changes will also bring added benefits, though. For example, as of today we're able to offer ATOM feeds for all content on the board. This means you can subscribe to FlameFans.com happenings in your favorite news reader application (like Google Reader).

As always, please email webmaster@flamefans.com if you have any trouble and require help.

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JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.

ASOR Technical Advisor and Graphics Consultant

Re: whats with the banking institution pw rules...#304891

By PAmedic - April 6th, 2010, 12:20 pm

- April 6th, 2010, 12:20 pm #304891

and I have no idea what ATOM feeds are. Probably not worth even trying to explain to me.

JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.

ASOR Technical Advisor and Graphics Consultant

Re: whats with the banking institution pw rules...#304938

By El Scorcho - April 6th, 2010, 8:47 pm

- April 6th, 2010, 8:47 pm #304938

Um, I think we're just using mixed case passwords with a minimum length requirement. It's not even really all that secure. Just enough to hopefully slow down automated dictionary-based attacks.

I could make it A LOT worse. Believe me.

"With the threat of hell hanging over my head like a halo..."

Re: whats with the banking institution pw rules...#304942

By Hold My Own - April 6th, 2010, 9:35 pm

- April 6th, 2010, 9:35 pm #304942

Can we pick and choose who we can make it tough on? My mind is churning right now...

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Re: whats with the banking institution pw rules...#305168

By LUconn - April 9th, 2010, 2:23 pm

- April 9th, 2010, 2:23 pm #305168

Is the board really disabled right now?

*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*

Re: whats with the banking institution pw rules...#305169

By LUconn - April 9th, 2010, 2:25 pm

- April 9th, 2010, 2:25 pm #305169

I guess not. The menu at the top says This board is currently disabled. But obviously I posted.

*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*

Re: whats with the banking institution pw rules...#305235

By El Scorcho - April 10th, 2010, 3:28 pm

- April 10th, 2010, 3:28 pm #305235

LUconn wrote:I guess not. The menu at the top says This board is currently disabled. But obviously I posted.

Yeah, I think a bit was still flipped from when I did an upgrade recently. Should be gone now.

The newer version seems a little less stable than the old one, but the spammers have gone away at least. So, I'll consider it a wash for now.

"With the threat of hell hanging over my head like a halo..."

Re: whats with the banking institution pw rules...#305239

By Sly Fox - April 10th, 2010, 3:54 pm

- April 10th, 2010, 3:54 pm #305239

Thanks for the hard work.