[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth pin only works first try?

2009-07-09 Thread Duane Roelands
You don't get a second chance, and this is by design. OAuth requests have a unique signature; once a particular request is submitted, it can't be submitted again. There's no real way to validate the pin before you submit. All you can do is ensure that they typed in six digits. If the

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth pin only works first try?

2009-07-09 Thread Grant Emsley
I thought it might be by design, but couldn't find that mentioned anywhere. I guess it is necessary to prevent apps guessing the pin, though it may be annoying for users.

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth pin only works first try?

2009-07-09 Thread Doug Williams
Indeed, this is by design. As Grant said, it is to prevent brute force attacks. Thanks, Doug On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Grant Emsley grant.ems...@gmail.comwrote: I thought it might be by design, but couldn't find that mentioned anywhere. I guess it is necessary to prevent apps