[thelist] Retrieving password() field from a MySQL table

jay d jaydeenyc at lycos.co.uk
Tue Jan 21 08:29:14 CST 2003


On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 12:07 AM, David Bindel wrote:

> OK, that makes sense then.  Some sites use a custom question and answer
> to reveal the password though, and I thought that was what you were
> talking about.

as did i.  but i get it.  mnemonic device-ish more than anything.
<overt pessimism> not a bad idea, but how do you get people to actually
_use_ that pattern?  and if they don't, what do they do if they've
forgotten it?</>

-jd

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