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Re: Secure Perlmonks

by zentara (Archbishop)
on Jul 09, 2003 at 14:49 UTC ( [id://272699]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Secure Perlmonks

Perlmonks is already slow enough. Running ssl would just drag it down another notch. Just be an "anonymous monk" from shared connections. With all the scanners going out there, you can be sure that some government agency already has your password, so who are you trying to hide it from?

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Re: Re: Secure Perlmonks
by diotalevi (Canon) on Jul 09, 2003 at 16:50 UTC

    And who cares - really? So someone else can impersonate me. Big Whoop. PerlMonks isn't the sort of place where impersonation has (the majority of the time) real consequences. If the rat bastard did something naughty, you'd come back, assert your innocense and we'd all understand.

    Your paranoia with regard to your PM username is unfounded.

      Your paranoia with regard to your PM username is unfounded.

      You know the saying... "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."

      I rather think that being paranoid about computer security is generally a good thing. It's a question of how that paranoia manifests itself. For instance, it's good to be paranoid enough that the thought of reusing your perlmonks password elsewhere never even occurs to you. We do, afterall, need to deal with reality as it is.

      That said, I'd prefer it we had a secure login. I wouldn't even mind a self-signed cert.

      -sauoq
      "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";
      
        With this level of worry over passwords,
        you should not use the same password for more than one system. ;-)

        If you must, then use just a few. Use one for 'open' type systems,
        another for 'secure' systems and another for 'very important' systems.

        This might help out with the real world issues.

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