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Re: forgot password issue
« Reply #20 on: March 06, 2005, 01:38:34 am »

The way to stop the brute force truely is to use the same technique that we do logins, x many attempts in y amount of time = lockout of z minutes.

Whether its a password change, or a password reset request.
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Re: forgot password issue
« Reply #21 on: March 06, 2005, 02:20:02 am »



I'd prefer if you use the make_password method to create a special hash, one not related to anything already stored. Tie this with the requester's session, so it'll die after a time or if they remember and login. With that, all you'll need to pass is the user's email address or user_id in the url, which the requester should already know, since it could be easy to find. With this, I wouldn't worry about any brute force attempts, since it wouldn't work without the correct special hash and access to the user's email.
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Re: forgot password issue
« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2005, 09:09:28 am »

can this still be implemented for cpg1.4.x (and if yes, who will do so?), or should we mark the entire thread as "known issue" and schedule it for cpg1.5?

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Re: forgot password issue
« Reply #23 on: March 21, 2005, 02:02:26 pm »

I've already done this also. I can't commit until Saturday, because I am away.
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Re: forgot password issue
« Reply #24 on: March 22, 2005, 06:38:11 am »

OK, good to hear that.

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Re: forgot password issue
« Reply #25 on: April 03, 2005, 02:04:24 pm »

*bump*
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Re: forgot password issue
« Reply #26 on: July 31, 2005, 12:14:54 pm »

[moderation]
bumping this unresolved thread to the top...
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Re: forgot password issue
« Reply #27 on: August 09, 2005, 09:28:48 am »

sent an email to Chris, asking him if he still has the proposed fix.
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Re: forgot password issue
« Reply #28 on: August 26, 2005, 09:41:27 am »

I posted a fix in the dev board.
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Re: forgot password issue
« Reply #29 on: September 06, 2005, 10:53:55 am »

Done.

updated in CVS by Gau.
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