On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:11 PM, tedd <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 8:59 AM -0700 6/19/08, R.C. wrote: >> >> Tedd, >> >> thank you for your input but it's the site client who wants the user to >> input this ONE password either upper or lower case...it's for accessing a >> protected page... nothing major. > > Nothing major until it is. > > As for the client, I always said "Everyone has the right to be wrong". > > Ask the client this -- if two users have "Cat" and "cAt" for their > passwords, what do you think the client's lability would be for changing > them both to be identical when neither user approved? > > As I get older, I think about how to avoid lability more. > > Cheers, > > tedd I could be wrong, but I didn't see anything about a username. It sounds to me more like it is a single password shared with all the people who should have access to a specific, non-personalized area of the site. It certainly wouldn't be my preferred way to set up security, but depending on the level of risk involved it may be sufficient. Andrew -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
