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by digitalkumara
Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:18 am
Forum: Feature Proposals
Topic: Fix insecure phpBB forum password in Welcome e-mail
Replies: 4
Views: 3819

Re: Fix insecure phpBB forum password in Welcome e-mail

Thanks for the follow-up. Luckily I don't use the same password on different sites (especially not banking!) but I would have used a different base algorithm when creating a forum password if I knew it wasn't 100% secure. I guess it's a limitation of phpBB. I'll live with it but it would be nice if ...
by digitalkumara
Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:34 am
Forum: Feature Proposals
Topic: Fix insecure phpBB forum password in Welcome e-mail
Replies: 4
Views: 3819

Re: Fix insecure phpBB forum password in Welcome e-mail

Hi Simon, I know where I can change my password and completely agree that a forum is not the place to store passwords. It looks like you may not have understood my message and the feature request I asked for, namely: alerting users on the sign up page that their password is not stored securely OR en...
by digitalkumara
Sat Apr 13, 2013 11:52 am
Forum: Feature Proposals
Topic: Fix insecure phpBB forum password in Welcome e-mail
Replies: 4
Views: 3819

Fix insecure phpBB forum password in Welcome e-mail

Hi RunRev As you are no doubt aware, the welcome e-mail message sent to new forum users after registration includes the password the user entered in clear text. Would it be possible to remove the password from the message? Sending a clear-text password across unencrypted e-mail is something that I t...