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    Posted: 06 June 2007 at 5:22pm
Why is it that you have hardcoded the inability to create a username with the string "salt" or "code" in it? Are there any security concerns to disabling that function?
 
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Edited by cyrick - 06 June 2007 at 5:23pm
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There are as these are field names in the database that contain sensitive data.
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Thanks for the quick response.
 
I am not quite certain how having a user named "Salty Dog" or "CodeWarrior", for example,  poses any security threat. There is really no way to inject code into the username field, so I am just trying to figure out why I shouldn't disable it. I have already had 3 users complain that they couldn't use their names because of these functions. Maybe it is just an aberation, but I am surprised this hasn't come up before.
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