[Wikipedia-l] Account password restrictions changed

GerardM gerard.meijssen at gmail.com
Fri Apr 27 18:12:42 UTC 2007


Hoi,
Probably by asking nicely on OTRS ?
Thanks,
      GerardM

On 4/27/07, Christophe Henner <christophe.henner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> And how people can have their account back if they didn't give any
> email adress?
>
> On 27/04/07, Snowolf <mtazio at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Perfect.
> >
> > I suggest we also introduce a warning if the password is weak.
> >
> > On 4/26/07, Brion Vibber <brion at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > > Hash: SHA1
> > >
> > > Due to an attacker mass-abusing accounts with weak passwords,
> passwords
> > > that are the same as the username can no longer be used. Affected
> > > accounts can reset their password by e-mail to something more secure.
> > >
> > > Please report the change back to your various communities in case
> > > someone needs help...
> > >
> > > - -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (Darwin)
> > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
> > >
> > > iD8DBQFGMSBWwRnhpk1wk44RAlqBAJoC6YMCK5qYfYhcyMWZPzh2XDLmOwCfQje3
> > > lyq4jSE9wP+NrIBkDeomckg=
> > > =oHa1
> > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
> > >
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