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When changing a password using a WebPage, must the old password be entered on the same screen?
There is a convention to always prompt for the old password on the same page as the one where the old password is being changed as shown below.
Is it acceptable from a security perspective to allow a ...
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Why do we ask for a user's existing password when changing their password?
In a web applications context, when a user wants to change their current password, generally they would have to enter their current password first. However at this point, the user has already been ...
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Practices for storing username/password in Web applications
I have read the following question: Storing password in Java application but I don't find the answers useful for my case.
So here is my question somehow related to that. I have a Java Web application ...
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In what situations are web services required to protect confidentiality of user information?
I know that if a web application needs to be PCI-DSS or HIPAA compliant the user personal identifiable information (e.g. user password, etc) needs to be kept confidential.
Under what other situations ...
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Password manager tool for company [closed]
We have in our company (60 people) a big problem with managing our passwords. None of all the password manager tools (e.g. thycotic, 1password everywhere, etc..) is good for us. We are searching for ...
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What to do when asked for a weak password
The guys who made the security for my country's state bank are completely nuts in all senses. Their internet banking password must be between 8 and 10 characters, and contain only letters and digits.
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Would suggesting a random passphrase during sign-up hurt overall security?
I've been looking for ways to improve security and security awareness for both internal and external clients and I happened upon the idea of generating a one-time, random "password suggestion" on the ...
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What to do about websites that store plain text passwords
I recently received an email from a popular graduate job web site (prospects.ac.uk) that I haven't used in a while suggesting I use a new feature. It contained both my username and password in plain ...
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Can anyone provide references for implementing web application self password reset mechanisms properly?
We are implementing self password reset on a web application, and I know how I want to do it (email time limited password reset URL to users pre-registered email address).
My problem is that I ...
