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answer  Email security for monks?  by DigitalKitty (Parson) on
Oct 03, 2004 at 21:53 UTC
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all.  In the event that an account is compromised (password
sniffed, etc.), it would be relatively trivial for the
interloper to click on 'Edit your user settings' (home node) and
modify the email address the monastery uses to send a reminder.
This would, in effect, lock you out of your own account. How
could you prove you were <insert monk name here>? I propose the
email address not be visible by default. Yahoo mail stores
bithdays in a DB and simply states 'Info on file'. Perhaps a
small text box could be provided that allowed each monk to
verify his/her current address by entering the value currently
stored in a table?   Comment on Email security for monks? Re:
Email security for monks? by skx (Parson) on Oct 03, 2004 at
22:32 UTC