Re: [SM-PLUGINS] Mult-step login?

[A. G. <ge...@pl...>]

Thanks Igor,

We've had a Captcha enabled for all off-campus users (we're a
university) for a couple months.  But spear-fishers apparently log in by
hand when spamming from our accounts, so the captcha is mostly useless.

Thanks for the idea,
    -Gerow

Igor Puorro wrote:
> If you're trying to improve security at login page, you could show a
> captcha chalenge on login errors. So, at first time login still easy
> to your users just put username and password to login and captcha
> turns on if a login errors occurs.
>
> []'s
>
>
> Igor Puorro
> http://ianfp.eti.br
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>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 1:44 PM, A. Gerow <ge...@pl...> wrote:
>   
>> Greetings,
>>
>> We're looking at implementing a multi-step login system for our webmail
>> system.  The idea being, as with many banks, ask a user for a username,
>> then challenge them with either security questions or an image
>> descriptor based on their username, and their standard password.
>>
>> Has anybody done, wanted to, or tried this?  Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>    -Gerow
>>
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>> A. Gerow
>> Unix Systems Administrator
>> Systems & Communications
>> Pacific Lutheran University
>> Tacoma, WA | 253.535.7262
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A. Gerow
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Systems & Communications
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA | 253.535.7262