Hi Rushmin,

On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Rushmin Fernando <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Ishara,
>
> Since challenge questions themselves are insecure, customers will not use
> only that feature in a production system. So IMO it is not a 'good to have'
> option even.
>
> When I tried to reset my salesfroce password yesterday, they emailed me a
> link and it took me to a page with my security questions. So it was an *email
> + security questions* solution.
>
Yes still security question is used. So if some one feel that its insecure
we can strengthen the security of the flow using SMS or email.
But its a decision of the people who use it (And we can guide ) to decide.
As an IAM solution I think still we need this.

-Ishara

>
> But my guess is they might be using an existing security questions feature
> of them.
>
> In our case, we have still not implemented it. So I'm -1 for implementing
> challenge questions.
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:41 PM, Ishara Karunarathna <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:17 PM, Nuwan Dias <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:12 PM, Ishara Karunarathna <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Though challenge question is not secure mechanism this is a basic stuff
>>>> client expect from an IAM solution.
>>>> And having another recovery mechanism with this can help to make it
>>>> strong as well.
>>>>
>>>> So I'm still doubt on dropping this. And if we are completely dropping
>>>> this. We should have first class support for other
>>>> recovery mechanisms and well documented on this.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's the idea right? I was under the impression that we will at least
>>> have an email based recovery mechanism in place. If we're saying challenge
>>> questions are our primary mode of account recovery, that's not right IMO.
>>> AFAIS, challenge questions are 'good to have' and email recovery is 'must
>>> have'.
>>>
>> Yes challenge question should not be a primary mechanism. But still its
>> better to be available in the product.
>>
>>>
>>>> -Ishara
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Danushka Fernando <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If everyone had it in past and no longer using it, big +1 for removing
>>>>> it. Only concern is about existing customers. If we can explain the
>>>>> rationale behind removing it we are in clear I guess.
>>>>>
>>>>> @Sewmini
>>>>> Yes there is a reviewed user story for this. But when we discuss about
>>>>> some implementation details today, we realized that lot of people had this
>>>>> and removed this due to vulnerabilities in it. Hence Indunil started this
>>>>> discussion.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks & Regards
>>>>> Danushka Fernando
>>>>> Senior Software Engineer
>>>>> WSO2 inc. http://wso2.com/
>>>>> Mobile : +94716332729 <+94%2071%20633%202729>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 18, 2017 6:04 PM, "KasunG Gajasinghe" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Security questions are a thing of the past. Google, Facebook they all
>>>>>> have removed the security questions based password recovery mechanisms. 
>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>> [2]  So, +1 to drop this support in IS 6.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2014/12/google-drops-su
>>>>>> pport-for-security.html
>>>>>> [2] https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=815
>>>>>> 382261879187
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 5:37 PM, Nuwan Dias <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 5:10 PM, Indunil Upeksha Rathnayake <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Currently we are working on implementing C5 user portal in IS.
>>>>>>>> Appreciate your suggestions/ideas for the following concerns regarding
>>>>>>>> challenge questions.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *1)  Is it necessary to include challenge questions in IS 6.0.0 as
>>>>>>>> a recovery option?*
>>>>>>>> Seems like secret questions are neither secure nor reliable enough
>>>>>>>> to be used as a account recovery mechanism. And also most of the 
>>>>>>>> vendors
>>>>>>>> has completely removed support for security questions including 
>>>>>>>> google. In
>>>>>>>> C5, security question sets will be some what strengthen the recovery 
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> makes it hard to guess the questions. But seems like need to consider
>>>>>>>> whether it need to be implemented or not.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I personally have never used a security question to recover any of
>>>>>>> the accounts of which I forgot passwords. Its always a recovery through
>>>>>>> email or mobile. Therefore I don't see this as a valuable feature.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *2)  Is it necessary to include security questions in user self
>>>>>>>> sign-up page? If needed, following way is appropriate?*
>>>>>>>> As we have planned, in C5, admin can create several security
>>>>>>>> question sets and can configure the minimum number of questions that 
>>>>>>>> need
>>>>>>>> to be answered by a user. So that in self sign up UI when populating
>>>>>>>> security questions to a user,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    - security questions need to be categorized according to the
>>>>>>>>    security question sets
>>>>>>>>    - all the sets need to be populated for the user
>>>>>>>>    - user can select any number of security questions from
>>>>>>>>    different sets not from a same set
>>>>>>>>    - need to validate whether the user has answered for the
>>>>>>>>    minimum number of questions
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When an answer to a question is personal, the question itself is
>>>>>>> probably personal too. Therefore I don't think an admin can decide on 
>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>> questions to be asked from you. Its unlikely you'll remember an answer 
>>>>>>> to a
>>>>>>> question which is not very relevant to you. If we're doing this (I'm
>>>>>>> negative on implementing the feature itself too :)), I think we should 
>>>>>>> let
>>>>>>> the user decide his own questions and answers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Appreciate your ideas on this.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks and Regards
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Indunil Upeksha Rathnayake
>>>>>>>> Software Engineer | WSO2 Inc
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>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>
> *Rushmin Fernando*
> *Technical Lead*
>
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>
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