[WikiEN-l] How lovely, someone deleted the Main Page again

[Blu Aardvark]

I'd like to see some changes to the password system. As it is, there are 
*no* restrictions on allowed passwords, as long as it is at least one 
character in length.

Passwords should be /required/ to be at least six characters in length 
and contain at least one letter and one number. Most other popular sites 
do at least this. (If such a change were made, users with passwords not 
meeting this requirement could be prompted to change theirs upon the 
next login.)

In addition, it should be entirely disallowed for a user to create a 
password containing the string "password" or that is identical to their 
username.

Just an idea, anyway. I think the current system needs a bit of work, 
because password security *is* a concern on a site as wildly popular as 
Wikipedia is.

Michael Billington 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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