Sidd, there is no need to increase the length of the passwords. I understand
that passwords are good for those people who print their PIKs and may loose
them; it's a simple security backup system. For such a case, passwords need
to be short to be easily remembered. Also, people who log-in from a
On Wednesday, November 26, 2003, at 04:50 AM, FileMatrix wrote:
However, this still leaves an account opened for automated password
cracking. Therefore, the system has to lock (for 24 hours) an account
for
which there are too many consecutive failed log-ins (for example, 10).
This
means that
Right, Patrick. For a moment I forgot that only a few elements from the PIK
are used in a log-in. A separate, unique, private log-in ID is required.
Besides, as Ian Green points out, locking out an account for repeated
invalid login attempts can have some very bad unintended consequences:
I
On Wednesday, November 26, 2003, at 11:46 AM, FileMatrix wrote:
Right, Patrick. For a moment I forgot that only a few elements from
the PIK
are used in a log-in. ...
Gotcha.
... A separate, unique, private log-in ID is required.
Besides, as Ian Green points out, locking out an account for
However, this still leaves an account opened for automated password
cracking. Therefore, the system has to lock (for 24 hours) an account for
which there are too many consecutive failed log-ins (for example, 10).
This
means that each PIK must be unique, so that the system can at any time
Danny,
The accounts can only be indentified by the 'password', since I have to
enter only 4 characters from the PIK, and there must be other accounts
with
the same characters in the same places here and there.
We have to assume that their system checks to make it impossible that two
I wonder if it is possible for a user to make his account balance public, but
not to everybody?!
This is currently possible - somewhat; the read-only access level.
However, the password would have to be changed soon after to make it
temporary.
I mean, the user should be able to send a
George,
Viking Coder wrote:
I wonder if it is possible for a user to make his account balance public, but
not to everybody?!
This is currently possible - somewhat; the read-only access level.
However, the password would have to be changed soon after to make it
temporary.
A better way to do it
Sidd wrote:
Send the e-mail address to the person who must view the account. Once
they have viewed the account, change the e-mail address in the account
back to your normal one.
Er... and remember to turn public viewing off again.
Regards,
Sidd.
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Dear Sidd,
This will reveal your limited access PIK... use the limited
access PIK to log in with limited access, and likewise use
your read-only PIK for read-only access.
Ah, I see. That's nifty.
You can also activate PGP security for your account
Yes, I've done so. It is also spiffy.
Sidd,
For those who only use one computer and who have a fixed IP address,
the IP security is also available (George?)
I prefer to keep my options open. You never know what can happen. Besides,
I'm on dial-up for the moment and I can't be sure if the next time the IP
will be even in the same
Only in that case, the security of Pecunix will be above the others, not
before that. Most people don't use IP lock or PGP log-in, they use
passwords - it's easier.
I was, of course, referring to the security of the log-in process. The rest
is better, considering the PGP integration.
George
On Sunday, November 23, 2003, at 07:34 PM, Jim Davidson wrote:
I believe Patrick made the point
But the way Pecunix displays the PIKs makes it difficult if not
impossible to copy and paste them.
... Since we know
that keystroke loggers and clipboard loggers are out there,
it seems uncommonly
Dear Jim,
Jim Davidson wrote:
One of the things I'm not clear about is how one goes
about logging into a Pecunix account with less than full
access.
Log in to your Pecunix account with full access and click Account
Details Access Levels
Look for Limited Access and Click here to view or update
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