Re: Keep away

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 11851
interpreted = N
texte = On 6/12/97 4:26 AM Kenneth Grome wrote >In other words, you think that unauthorized users will figure out where >you've stored your secret pictures/sound files/movies, and they will go in >and steal them, is this correct?Not that so much as it is a person's account could lapse and he could still access information in the known folder by input the appropriate url. I was thinking on the lines of thisusers accesses page via authorized name/passwordUser is then assigned a new name and password via hidden text that corresponds to a realm and an account in the users.dbNow the users has access but without knowing the name and password into the folder, plus we don't have to update the realms database, which could not have been done on the fly anyway. So in this case having the tag would do him no good he could try with his name and password all day long and it would not work, he would have to hit the auth/pass update page to gain access, which a normal user would.Robert Minor ______________________________________ Cybermill Communications 8616 Joseph Ave. St. Louis, MO 63144 (314) 962-4024webmaster@cybermill.com http://www.cybermill.com ______________________________________ This document was supplied free of defects in spelling and grammar, check with your ISP for possible errors in reception. Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Keep away (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  2. Re: Keep away (bob 1997)
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  4. Re: Keep away (bob 1997)
  5. Re: Keep away (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  6. Keep away (bob 1997)
On 6/12/97 4:26 AM Kenneth Grome wrote >In other words, you think that unauthorized users will figure out where >you've stored your secret pictures/sound files/movies, and they will go in >and steal them, is this correct?Not that so much as it is a person's account could lapse and he could still access information in the known folder by input the appropriate url. I was thinking on the lines of thisusers accesses page via authorized name/passwordUser is then assigned a new name and password via hidden text that corresponds to a realm and an account in the users.dbNow the users has access but without knowing the name and password into the folder, plus we don't have to update the realms database, which could not have been done on the fly anyway. So in this case having the tag would do him no good he could try with his name and password all day long and it would not work, he would have to hit the auth/pass update page to gain access, which a normal user would.Robert Minor ______________________________________ Cybermill Communications 8616 Joseph Ave. St. Louis, MO 63144 (314) 962-4024webmaster@cybermill.com http://www.cybermill.com ______________________________________ This document was supplied free of defects in spelling and grammar, check with your ISP for possible errors in reception. bob

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