I'm developing xul extension that has access to a remote system. User must set username and password in xul modal window to get access into the system, but firefox doesn't recognize that user has insert password and doesn't pourpose to save it. Is there some method to save it via firefox, or have I to build some function to store passwo...
Hi, When I enter my password into MySQL Command Line Client, it rejects my password, gives 1 beep and closes the window. Can anyone provide me with a basic troubleshooting list of steps (from simple to progressively more technical) to regain entry into MySQL once and for all. Also, can anyone tell me what can cause my password to suddenl...
I have a Silverlight 3 app which connects to a server to perform various actions. My users log in using Forms Authentication but the actions they request are run on the server using the AppPool account so when they go in the audit logs they're recorded against the AppPool account. PCI DSS regulations now require that the user's own ID ...
There are several ways to secure passwords with an automated encryption algorithm, but sometimes it's best to write it down on paper and keep the paper itself secured. Hackers can't easily get to paper. However, if someone finds that paper, they can see the passwords plainly. What's a non-automated method of securing information on a ...
In a web app I work with from time to time the issue of text readability has come up. The reason is that it involves passwords which will be read off of the web page or written down. One of my co-workers pointed out the Crystal font as one that is designed to be unambiguous ("l" and "1" aren't confused, "0" and "O", etc), but I'm prett...
I have published a layout in XSLT format with Filemaker. When a user access this page, he will be prompted for his login details. I want to display his login details after he logged in successfully. How do I accomplish this? ...
Hi, I'm new to javascript/ajax and a bit stuck right now. The assignment is to use only javascript/ajax. I'm supposed to make a login-form, and when typing in the right password it will display a "secret message". Currently this message is an alert-box. This is in the script for validating the form input: var riktigPassord = 'password...
in my ruby script I need to pass user name and password as a plain text in a form in order to log in. Both user name and password are currently stored in my script. I have no control over the server I log in from the script. The script is localy working fine and in the future I want to move to onto my webhosting provider and run it ...
I have a User model that acts_as_authentic for AuthLogic's password management. AuthLogic adds "password" and "password_confirmation" attributes over top of the db-backed "crypted_password" attribute. This is pretty standard AuthLogic stuff. I want to have a method that sets both password and password_confirmation at the same time (usef...
I have a client who is not liking the fact tht he can't see users passwords so he can send them it if they forget it. It's for a small church website. Like most people here I don't think he should be able to seethe password as it is not secure. What I would like to do is give him a button that he can press so that he can direcrley reset ...
Hi. I was wondering how can I generate a strong and secure password in C#. I googled a little bit and saw this formula in Wikipedia, where L is the length of the password and N is the number of possible symbols: ...but I'm only 13 years old, I have no idea how to implement it in a programming language (I don't even understand it l...
Does having a space at the end constitute a valid password e.g "ABCD " or "ABCD12 " Would it be fine, if we trim the password input (i.e "ABCD" would be the effective string after trimming) prior to authentication ...
Hey Fellows i am facing a problem, i am working with a multi domain environment where old domain was working and i have to migrate the old domain into the new one. the problem that the users are facing is that: Earlier in the old domain when I was prompted for my username password, the default “Connecting to …” used to be for OLDDOMAIN ...
I have a program that uses System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext to verify that the information a user entered in a setup screen is a valid user on the domain (the computer itself is not on the domain) and do some operations on the users of the domain. The issue is I do not want the user to need to enter his or her ...
I was wondering what would be the safer option when users have forgotten their password Send a randomly generated new password to the email address (all email addresses in my database are confirmed to work). Or Send an email with a link that expires within a certain time frame where the user can reset their password. Aside from t...
Hi, I am very interested to find out how to keep php passwords secure. Main question is: How do I post the password as a secured string from the login form? I have been checking how other sites do this e.g. facebook. When I log in to facebook I dont see my password posted at all, it just seems like a long encrypted string. How do I c...
Hi! A user types a specific username and password, that username and password is in the program converted to something else! But... that password is in my program plain text, in the source code. Is that safe? Can people somehow get that out? What can I do to prevent that? Can people somehow decompile my program and read that password? ...
I called MediaTemple for support months back and the gentleman on the phone asked me for my password over the phone. I thought he was going to just log in to my account using the web interface, but he was actually comparing it against the version that was right there in front of him. It pissed me off at first (because I used the same pas...
how to a generator ramdom password in vb.net...can u tel me a any algorithms,any method() or codings to do so .. plz reply me.......mine s a web application were i shd generate password and send it to user .. and tat password wil be their life time password..so it shd b unique too ...
Hello, I am writing an application in ColdFusion where storing passwords is necessary. I plan to hash the passwords on the server (using the SHA512 Hash function in ColdFusion) before inserting them into a password column in my database. I would like to know what datatype to use for the password column. Many thanks! ...