Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : usernames https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:20:33 +0000 Sat, 10 Apr 2004 12:31:04 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9941 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[usernames : There are several reasons to stop...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/usernames_topic9941_post53628.html#53628 Author: fireau
Subject: 9941
Posted: 10 April 2004 at 12:31pm

There are several reasons to stop this, the least of them is confusion.We have had some users that did this, and tried to post as the originaluser.

I dont see the security issue in changing the code,.
Usernames get filtered prior to being checked if it exists in thedatabase. All is required is to use decodestring(username) is the sqlstatement that checks if it exists in the db.


]]> Sat, 10 Apr 2004 12:31:04 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/usernames_topic9941_post53628.html#53628 <![CDATA[usernames : I don&#039;t really see the purpose...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/usernames_topic9941_post53625.html#53625 Author: michael
Subject: 9941
Posted: 10 April 2004 at 12:19pm

I don't really see the purpose of this but with code changes it would be possible to do so. If that is a thing you only want to do for one user you could also do it directly in the database, changing the code may be risky security wise...]]> Sat, 10 Apr 2004 12:19:50 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/usernames_topic9941_post53625.html#53625 <![CDATA[usernames : This is an issue we have encountered. It...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/usernames_topic9941_post53624.html#53624 Author: fireau
Subject: 9941
Posted: 10 April 2004 at 11:51am

This is an issue we have encountered.

It is posiible to make 2 usernames to be displayed the same way. Example I could register 2 usernames like this:

[fireau] as the first one
&#091;fireau&#093; as the second one.

And they would both display as [fireau]
Maybe the username should have the decodestring function applied to it before a check is made to whether it exists or not.


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