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Re: how to cancel a message (was Re: [MindStorms FAQ 4.3 How do I make a temperature sensor?]
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lugnet.faq, lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Fri, 16 Jul 1999 18:45:05 GMT
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That doesn't sound secure enough. I would suggest that when a user "registers"
to use the web interface, their browser should be send a random unique "user
ID", and the user ID should also be sent to the email address they registered
with. If they cancel the message via NNTP or email, their email address serves
as their identity, and if they cancel via their web browser the cookie is their
identity -- but if they have changed their email address or lost their cookies,
they could type in the ID. So the ID verifies their identity and only has to be
used in rare cases.
On a related note, I just had to "register" again today because I am accessing
the web from a different machine, and it annoyed me that I couldn't log in to
LUGNET with a user ID and password to get my cookies reinstated.
- Robert
In lugnet.faq, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> [...] I think having a way to cancel a message from the web (which
> perhaps was reviewed by a human to verify bonafides) would be a good
> thing. I would make the interface such that one could request the cancel
> even if one was not set up to web post...
> [...]
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