[Mailman-Users] ack! security bug and question.

Ron Jarrell jarrell at vt.edu
Thu Sep 23 00:24:28 CEST 1999


At 12:19 PM 9/22/99 -0500, Listwrangler wrote:
>Since most users don't have this much subtlety when it comes to security,
>wouldn't it be better to require the password *before* allowing people to
>access their edit page?

Yes, except for the fact that the links the users needs to access to get his
password back if he forgot it are on *that* page...

I suppose there could be a new level of security; extreme, where if they forget
their password, tough, email the admin...

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