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Re: Email account management for alumni
From: Geoff Nathan <geoffnathan () WAYNE EDU>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:25:05 -0500
At 07:39 PM 1/25/2006, you wrote:
Given the limited network access rights most students / alumni and other non administrative users have in our network, we opted to write our own Web Based Password Reset form for these users.
We at Wayne State have made a similar decision to what Dave describes, with the addition of a pull-down menu defined 'Challenge Question'. We also don't think it has caused any serious data breaches, although we have suggested people not choose obvious answers to the Challenge Question. It has certainly saved a large percentage of Help Desk calls. Geoff Nathan Geoffrey S. Nathan <geoffnathan () wayne edu> Security Policy Coordinator, Computing and Information Technology, and Associate Professor of English Linguistics Program Phone Numbers Department of English Computing and Information Technology: (313) 577-1259 Wayne State University Linguistics (English): (313) 577-8621 Detroit, MI, 48202 C&IT Fax: (313) 577-1338
Current thread:
- Email account management for alumni Gary Flynn (Jan 25)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Email account management for alumni Dave Koontz (Jan 25)
- Re: Email account management for alumni Gary Flynn (Jan 25)
- Re: Email account management for alumni Geoff Nathan (Jan 26)
- Re: Email account management for alumni Dave Koontz (Jan 26)
- Re: Email account management for alumni Kevin Shalla (Jan 27)