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TheFuzzy
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Post subject: Too Many Login Attempts  Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:36 am |
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Folks,
Someone has been sporadically trying to hack into this board to gain administrator access. They have not succeeded, but this does mean that periodically you may see a message on login that you have made too many login attempts and need to respond to a CAPTCHA as well as your password.
Given the intermittent nature of the intrusion attempts, there isn't much we can do about this. Sorry for the annoyance.
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wino
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Post subject: Re: Too Many Login Attempts Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:56 am |
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Tim
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Post subject: Re: Too Many Login Attempts Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:05 pm |
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Da Bull Man
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Post subject: Re: Too Many Login Attempts Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:07 pm |
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Yup...got that this morning... 
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TheFuzzy
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Post subject: Re: Too Many Login Attempts Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:13 pm |
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All,
BTW, if any of you have very simple, easy-to-guess passwords (like your middle name, or something based on your nick name, or "bacon"), it might be a good idea to change them. Make a new password which you can remember, but contains mixed case and/or punctuation marks. Here's some examples of good passwords (don't use these exactly, of course):
KitchenAid#1
sous|vide
LC&AC@SLT
buerre-blank
To change your password, go to:
Top of the screen --> user control panel --> profile --> Edit Account Settings
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Paul Kierstead
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Post subject: Re: Too Many Login Attempts Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:14 pm |
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If they are dumb enough to come from a consistent IP, you can blacklist them on your firewall.
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talanhart
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Post subject: Re: Too Many Login Attempts Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:25 pm |
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Thanks!
This has been happening alot at another board and nobody knows why.
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crystal
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Post subject: Re: Too Many Login Attempts Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:36 pm |
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I thought it was something screwy with the ipad.....hmmm.
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easy bake
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Post subject: Re: Too Many Login Attempts Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:38 pm |
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Fuzzy, FYI, I have had a bunch of log in trys when I am up skiing and using my little notebook computer. I don't always have or remember all my passwords so I try guessing.
I did not however try to get admin access (obviously!) but did have to retry my own a whole bunch of times.
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wino
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Post subject: Re: Too Many Login Attempts Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:09 pm |
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Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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