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WebWiz-Bruce 
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 Posted: 02 February 2006 at 10:01am |
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Like everything on the Internet it is a careful balance and compromise between usuabilty and security.
many places in the forum a compromise has to be made between features, ease of use, etc. and security, and usually I spend many hours trying to make the best of both worlds, but still keep the maximum security.
With Web Wiz Forums security is always paramount, which is why it has a solid reputation as one of the most secure forums.
In version 8 you can disable CAPTCHA images, but it does come with a warning that you will compromise security if you do so.
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michael
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Posted: 02 February 2006 at 2:27pm |
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Personally I like the way MSN implements their Captcha which is a little less intrusive. Basically on a normal login you do not need captcha, thus when you tried to login with a wrong password or so, I imagine they have a counter in their db it requires captcha on the seconds. So first login is "free", if you mess it up you have to captcha it.
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vassabi
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Posted: 02 February 2006 at 7:14pm |
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Borg I have suggestion, what if add an option where admin can choose after how many unseccessful login tries the CAPTCHA protection should appear, like in yahoo mail.
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WebWiz-Bruce
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Posted: 03 February 2006 at 11:03am |
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It's an idea I shall look into.
But personaly now I am used to it, it doesn't bother me.
One thing I need opinion on is that sevreal users have asked if CAPTCHA images can be used for Guest posting to prevent spam.
What do people think of this idea?
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ohiopbx
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Posted: 03 February 2006 at 1:24pm |
I think that is a great idea borg, but personally i do not let guests posts on my forums.
Also i noticed at the bottom of this forum it says "version 8.0 b2 alpha 1"
When do we get a copy? lol, or is that "beta version 8 - Released 11th January 2006"
keep up the good work bro! love'n the new forum
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WebWiz-Bruce
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Posted: 03 February 2006 at 1:29pm |
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I wouldn't recommend allowing Guest to post, but some people like it.
The version on this site is an alpha version, hence the aplha in the title, which means it is a pre-release test version.
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JCH2
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Posted: 03 February 2006 at 1:38pm |
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CAPTCHA for those using guest posting is a great idea, but again it should be part of an admin toggle so it can be turned on or off.
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Meson
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Posted: 04 February 2006 at 6:41pm |
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CAPTCHA for guests is a good thing. Normally, one shouldn't let guests posts, but it's useful for say a feedback forum, where posts from guests would be useful.
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