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HomeHomeOur CommunityOur CommunityGeneral Discuss...General Discuss...Passwords sent in clear text - no other option?!Passwords sent in clear text - no other option?!
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3/22/2007 1:21 PM
 
Bradley Molzen

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Today, when a user requests a password, using the password salt, the now unencrypted password can be emailed back to the user in clear text.   Even though the Microsoft membership model includes functionality to randomly generate a password that could then get sent to the user, DotNetNuke does not provide the interface to it.   Per DNN 4.4.1 documentation, these features are not implemented:

Public Properties ( and default values )

Am I wrong?  

Wouldn't the more secure, and preferrable method of sending a user a password they have forgotten, be to randomly generate them a new password, send them that password, then perhaps force a password change once they log in?

Are there plans to update to a more secure functionality?

passwordAttemptThreshold = 5
passwordAttemptWindow = 10
enablePasswordRetrieval = False
enablePasswordReset = True
requiresQuestionAndAnswer = True
requiresUniqueEmail = True
passwordFormat = Hashed

I essentially can not pass a security audit like this, because this allows me the capability of decoding users passwords...  which is potentially the same password they use on multiple sites... for bank accounts, credit information, etc.etc.
 
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3/22/2007 3:21 PM
 
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AFAIR in web.config you can set password to hashed instead of encrypted, and the password sending should stop.
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3/22/2007 3:25 PM
 
Bradley Molzen

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Will they still be able to recover a lost password?  I don't understand what hashed will do... 

Thanks for your help.
 
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3/22/2007 3:35 PM
 
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a hashed password cannot be recovered and not be resend. you might need to add your own solution to retrieve the password, but AFAIR there has been enhancements in DNN 4.5.0 to allow question and answer as option for password retrieval. Please check the blogs for details.
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3/22/2007 3:57 PM
 
rudgr

Joined: 8/13/2006
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Hi Sebastian,

Great to hear that the Q&A has been implemted in 4.5. I tried this in 4.3.6 without much succes. Will I be able to introduce the Q&A functionality in an existing 4.4.1 installation after I upgrade to 4.5? Does this also apply for setting encrypting passwords to hashed?

By the way: any idea when 4.5 will be released ;-)

Thanks
 
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