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comment Can anyone provide references for implementing web application self password reset mechanisms properly?
@polynomial "de-facto" standards have nothing to do with security. That's just an argument to maintain the status quo oblivious to the security implications.
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comment Can anyone provide references for implementing web application self password reset mechanisms properly?
@curiousguy if plausible deniability is your goal, then yes. If security is your goal, then no.
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comment Can anyone provide references for implementing web application self password reset mechanisms properly?
Even if it is generated via SSL: you have no insurance that the e-mail itself is transferred over SSL and so this method has a huge flaw in transit -- the basic flaw of e-mail relay and retrieval.
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comment Citation Needed for FIPS Anecdote Regarding MD5 and RC4
Though, it wasn't really Antoine Joux: that's a misattribution in itself. It was Wang Xiaoyun. Papers 1 2