Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:02:32 -0800 From: Michael Peer <mpeer@gwc.cccd.edu> To: "Jason Wilson" <jasonw@glycerine.mulberry.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Password change via Web page Message-ID: <2.2.32.19970131230232.00bb6864@rustler.gwc.cccd.edu>
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At 11:51 AM 1/31/97 -0500, you wrote:
>On Jan 30, 6:08pm, Brandon Gillespie wrote:
>> Subject: Re: Password change via Web page
>> > Does anyone know of a method whereby a user can change his or her password
>> > via a web page just using netscape or any other common browser?
[ snip ]
>The script doesn't necessarily have to run as root. The way we do it here is
>the cgi contacts our POP Password server (written by Qualcomm) and lets it do
>the password change. This isn't any less secure than letting a user
>telnet/ftp/pop3 into your server since the password is sent cleartext anyways.
I have been working on that idea, but I don't have mine done. Wouild you
mind sharing? I hate reinventing the wheel.
>
>Jason
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