Re: [Cryptography] Why is emailing me my password?

sense of password handling. Regards Markus Wanner ___ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography

Re: [Cryptography] Why is emailing me my password?

if offense is given. No offense taken. And if it were, you're hereby forgiven. ;-) Regards Markus Wanner ___ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography

Re: [Cryptography] Why is emailing me my password?

also make it a tad harder for an attacker, but given the (absence of) value for an attacker, that's close to irrelevant. Regards Markus Wanner ___ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Cryptography] Why is emailing me my password?

as a one-time token. Do you know of a mailing list software implementing such a thing? Regards Markus Wanner signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman

Re: [Cryptography] Why is emailing me my password?

I prefer mailing list software that works via email (rather than web interface) and authenticates by the ability to receive mails under the given email. Forging headers doesn't quite suffice there, either. Regards Markus Wanner ___ The cryptography

Re: [Cryptography] Why is emailing me my password?

instructions on emails and hitting reply to send back a confirmation token. But your hypothesis is that people do read instructions, so... Regards Markus Wanner ___ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo