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Post by Stupot » Thu Jan 02, 2014 20:46

ReemZ, please look at the date. This post is from Oct 31, 2013. Two full months ago.
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Post by Lemuriano » Thu Jan 02, 2014 21:31

I think two days ago the system force me to change the password again.
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Post by ReemZ » Fri Jan 03, 2014 0:26

Stupot wrote:ReemZ, please look at the date. This post is from Oct 31, 2013. Two full months ago.
I know. Exactly why I was surprised to see it happen again.
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Re: Change your forum, bugzilla and wiki passwords ASAP!

Post by Fitzcarraldo » Fri Jan 03, 2014 7:05

ReemZ wrote:
Stupot wrote:ReemZ, please look at the date. This post is from Oct 31, 2013. Two full months ago.
I know. Exactly why I was surprised to see it happen again.
It's probably a new measure by lxnay to try and reduce spamming by bots.
Setting up user registration settings in phpBB 3.0 wrote:Force Password Change: This setting forces users to change their passwords after the set number of days. Setting this to 0 disables this feature.
It's not uncommon for log-in software to force users to change their password at a defined interval. One of the WebMail accounts I use forces me to change my password every 6 weeks, for example.

These types of security measures are intended to make things more difficult for the unscrupulous.
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Post by ReemZ » Fri Jan 03, 2014 11:32

Fitzcarraldo wrote:
ReemZ wrote:
Stupot wrote:ReemZ, please look at the date. This post is from Oct 31, 2013. Two full months ago.
I know. Exactly why I was surprised to see it happen again.
It's probably a new measure by lxnay to try and reduce spamming by bots.
Setting up user registration settings in phpBB 3.0 wrote:Force Password Change: This setting forces users to change their passwords after the set number of days. Setting this to 0 disables this feature.
It's not uncommon for log-in software to force users to change their password at a defined interval. One of the WebMail accounts I use forces me to change my password every 6 weeks, for example.

These types of security measures are intended to make things more difficult for the unscrupulous.
Never seen it in a forum before, but it does make sense yeah. Let's just hope I can re-use old passwords :mrgreen:
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Post by Stupot » Fri Jan 03, 2014 17:07

Interesting. I changed my password back then but haven't had to within the past few weeks.
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Post by ReemZ » Fri Jan 03, 2014 19:01

Stupot wrote:Interesting. I changed my password back then but haven't had to within the past few weeks.
Fabio's way of keeping me on my toes :twisted:
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