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Offline Rictor

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hey admins, should be be changing our password?
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?
 

Offline Styxx

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hey admins, should be be changing our password?
Reply #1 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.

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Offline Setekh

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hey admins, should be be changing our password?
Reply #2 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.
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Offline an0n

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hey admins, should be be changing our password?
Reply #3 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.
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Offline Stealth

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hey admins, should be be changing our password?
Reply #4 on: November 04, 2004, 10:40:10 am
Md5 encryption... yeah, no need to worry about anyone stealing your passwords ;)
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