On 5/6/07, Todd Allen <toddmallen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 5/6/07, Michael Billington
<michael.billington(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Just to note, AmiDaniel has filed a bug report
about the security of the
login system. I particularly like the idea of using captchas after multiple
attempts, to stop automated password cracking. The bug report is at
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9816
--Michael Billington
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How about, "use a captcha for all login attempts"? Right now, we're
having a ton of trouble with a sockmaster that
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That cuts off my messages during sending, apparently. Meant to say he
likes to bot through old accounts and find weak passwords, then use
them to evade semiprotection on his vandalism targets. What could
possibly be bad about a captcha, unless you're a login bot?
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