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I was wondering what would be the safer option when users have forgotten their password
Send a randomly generated new password to the email address (all email addresses in my database are confirmed to work). Or
Send an email with a link that expires within...
Started by Marijn Huizendveld on
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by 15 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
As a user, I would feel my password is "safer" with the link.
Pretty much in an email doesn't seem that safe...
Email is like a postcard.
Obviously the latter is much safer.
The window of opportunity.
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So if flying is safer than cars whats safer than flying? Just need opinions
Started by Vincent on
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I think flying Is the safest.
Teleportation.
If flying is safer than cars, then trecking or walking is safer than flying.
Statistically speaking, riding in an elevator is the safest form of transportation .
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I hear that Linux-based systems are better for security. Apparently they don't have viruses and do not need antivirus software. Even my university claims this - they refuse to have Windows on their servers, which is a real shame because we wanted to use...
Started by echoblaze on
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by 21 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
Predominantly, I believe Linux is seen to be a safer choice.
To the exclusion of alternatives.
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Ask your Facebook Friends
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A few weeks ago at out local .Net User Group meeting we had our sponsor from TekSystems give a quick speech in return for the pizza and soda. He mentioned that Software employees are less affected by the down-turn. He threw out a figure that Software ...
Started by ChrisLoris on
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by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
In a correction, things that were inflated, bloated, or otherwise 'out of whack' (to use a highly technical term) are brought back... .
As any Austrian Economist will tell you, this 'downturn' or 'recession' or whatever you want to call it is a correction .
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This may be a matter of style, but there's a bit of a divide in our dev team and I wondered if anyone else had any ideas on the matter...
Basically, we have some debug print statements which we turn off during normal development. Personally I prefer to...
Started by Jon Cage on
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by 14 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Personally I always #define DEBUG=1 so I can catch it with either an #if or #ifdef
I myself prefer:
#if defined(DEBUG_ENABLED)
... .
If gives you the option of setting it to 0 to turn off the functionality, while still detecting that the switch is there .
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I'm using the MVC model (I think thats what its called) and I have seperated my site into smaller pages and includes.... I was wondering If its safer/better or worse (with no benefit) to check the same conditional twice... for example
I have an accounts...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
If your edit_user.php file is publicly accessible, then you definitely need checks in there, so you could probably remove the other checks, as long as you're ... .
Well, it is redundant, which violates the "Don't Repeat Yourself" (DRY) principle of design .
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Are you safer today than yesterday? Do you feel safer walking down any street than you felt 10 years ago. Is it safer out there now, or not?
Your thoughts please.
Started by Jim R on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at yahoo):
However I know that nothing, by the way! In our country, I must say... .
So yes I feel a little safer now than in the past.
I have always lived by and taught and am often armed .
I feel only slightly safer now than in the past.
To the question.
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Http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...80M2BS20120123
But I am still left wondering, safer for who?
Started by vz71 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at catholic):
Likely safer for their bottom....
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Why is the Middle East and Africa so dangerous but white countries are much safer?
Started by אני אוהבת את הקיץ! on
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Jordan is....
The same is true for Qatar.
Kuwait is also safer than America.
You can even leave your door unlocked.
The United Arab Emirates is safer than any part of America.
First of all, this seems racist.
Countries are much safer.
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The C standard library is notoriously poor when it comes to I/O safety. Many functions have buffer overflows ( gets , scanf ), or can clobber memory if not given proper arguments ( scanf ), and so on. Every once and awhile, I come across an enterprising...
Started by Benjamin Pollack on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Maybe the first question to ask) library is safer ....
That are vulnerable to buffer overflows that you mentioned have safer versions which take the buffer length the deprecated methods, suggesting you use the safer methods instead.
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