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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rictor on November 03, 2004, 11:34:22 am

Title: hey admins, should be be changing our password?
Post by: Rictor on November 03, 2004, 11:34:22 am

What with all the trouble with GS and the servers, it was mentioned that someone had gotten access to all the user data. I seem to remember Gamespy suggesting that people change their passwords, though I don't know if they meant every individual user, or just the site-level passwords.

So, what say you?

Title: hey admins, should be be changing our password?
Post by: Styxx on November 03, 2004, 11:42:10 am

Forum and HLP2.0 passwords are all stored encrypted through MD5 hash, so the likelyhood of anyone spending the effort to "crack" a bunch of forum passwords is low, and cracking MD5 is essentially a brute-force job...  But if you want to feel a bit safer, go ahead and change it.

:)

Title: hey admins, should be be changing our password?
Post by: Setekh on November 04, 2004, 01:19:33 am

Also, I believe they were (as you suggested) principally talking about site-level passwords. Those logins have already been reset.

Title: hey admins, should be be changing our password?
Post by: an0n on November 04, 2004, 02:24:53 am

It'd be less annoying if I hadn't already explained all this to everyone, over on NW, about 10 goddamn times.

Title: hey admins, should be be changing our password?
Post by: Stealth on November 04, 2004, 10:40:10 am

Md5 encryption... yeah, no need to worry about anyone stealing your passwords ;)