Re: Password "Hint" Feasibility

["L. S. Russell" <leslier@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sure giving a "hint" might be a bad idea.  But if you can come up with a
relatively safe and efficent way to automate that portion of your
helpdesk then it might be a good idea.  

"Nathan M. Andelin" wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> Call me paranoid, but it seems to me that you would be making it a lot
> easier for some unscrupulous insider (or even hacker) to get someone else's
> password.
> <end snip>
> 
> Some excellent ideas have been posted of ways to implement a password hint.
> But, that doesn't mean its a good idea.  I'd have to agree that "hints"
> offer a potential security loophole.  Ironic, because I just finished a web
> application in which I provided a password hint feature.  While I might give
> a hint for access to a fairly innocuous application, I certainly wouldn't
> want that to be a feature of OS/400.
> 
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