Password Security Tweaks - Posted (3373 Views)
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muzishun
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I've packaged up a couple of the security tweaks Shaggy and I discussed in the Password Salting thread, and I've added a bit of flair to them. The admin can now configure the minimum/maximum length of the passwords from the Main Forum Configuration. They can also toggle alphanumeric passwords on and off from there as well.
From the readme:
This miniMOD adds a few security enhancements to users' passwords. It gives the forum owner the ability to specify minimum and maximum password lengths, as well as other features.
Download from SnitzBitz.<
Bill Parrott
Senior Web Programmer, University of Kansas
Co-Owner and Code Monkey, Eternal Second Designs (www.eternalsecond.com)
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AnonJr
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Originally posted by modifichicci
you reset each password not all the same, one by one.. you can invent so many password as you need.
That's what I thought you meant. Gets kinda cumbersome after member 25.... winktongue<
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natty
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cool mod, but I'm getting the following error:

Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a03ea'

Syntax error

/forums/admin_config_system.asp, line 245

'### start PWORD MOD###
^<
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natty
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okay, i fixed this by removing the &_ from the line above and adding Response.Write to the line below '### start PWORD MOD###

" <a href=""#top"">" & getCurrentIcon(strIconGoUp,"Go To Top Of Page","align=""right""") & "</a></font></td>" & vbNewLine '& _
'### start PWORD MOD### (commented out &_ above per this mod)
Response.Write " </tr>" & vbNewLine & _


I did the same at the end of the MOD. This solved the problem. However, I only did this because someone suggested I do this same thing when I was having a similar problem with another piece of code. I don't know ASP or VB and have no idea what this means or what I did. I'm glad I worked, but could someone please write on whether this is a viable solution? It fixed the problem, but I just want to make sure this was the correct thing to do in this case.<
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AnonJr
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Run through some of the tutorials here: http://www.w3schools.com/asp/

The "&" is used to concatenate two strings together. The "_" is used to indicate that the current line of instruction continues on the next line. So "& _" tells the interpreter that you want it to treat the next line like its part of this line.<
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