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Re: Example of the worst passwd recovery interface
From: Yousef Syed <yousef.syed () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 18:33:25 +0100
I'm sure there's a balance to be had somewhere. I think that one of the problems with the Citrix and other examples, is that the people developing the webpages are usually your bog standard code jockey/web developer. They generally have little or no security knowledge, and are simply told to develop a password retrieval system. What is more surprising the breach of the Citrix Privacy Policy. Whenever I used to develop Websites, all the content was overseen by the legal dept (or the representatives) to avoid things just like that. On the otherhand, you have sites (my bank is similar) that make password retrieval difficult/impossible. Though this could be inconvenient, I'd prefer my bank to deal with me in this manner. ys On 03/08/05, Saqib Ali <docbook.xml () gmail com> wrote:
I think Citrix has implemented the most insecure password recovery webpage of all time. Here is the link to their password recovery page: https://secureportal.citrix.com/MyCitrix/Register/RemindPassword.aspx All the user has to do is type in an citrix userid, and the systems sends an password reminder to the email address on the account. Nothing terribly insecure with this. "However the web page also displays the email address to which the reminder was sent." Try my Citrix id: saqib1 So esentially if you have the citrix id of a user, you can get their email address. Getting the Citrix ID is pretty easy process. All the IDs are listed in Citrix Online Discussion Forum: < http://support.citrix.com/forums/index.jspa > Also you can potentially create a email flood for any registered users on the citrix website. the process can be eaily automated. If I remember correctly, Citrix stated in their Privacy Policy, that the email address of the registered will not be displayed on their web pages. So I guess they are voilating their own policy as well. I think Citrix's password recovery webpage is a good example of how NOT to design password recovery webpages. -- In Peace, Saqib Ali http://www.xml-dev.com/blog/
-- Yousef Syed
Current thread:
- Example of the worst passwd recovery interface Saqib Ali (Aug 03)
- RE: Example of the worst passwd recovery interface Marc Heuse (Aug 04)
- RE: Example of the worst passwd recovery interface Irene Abezgauz (Aug 04)
- Re: Example of the worst passwd recovery interface Saqib Ali (Aug 11)
- Re: Example of the worst passwd recovery interface Saqib Ali (Aug 04)
- RE: Example of the worst passwd recovery interface Irene Abezgauz (Aug 04)
- Re: Example of the worst passwd recovery interface Christopher Canova (Aug 04)
- Re: Example of the worst passwd recovery interface Yousef Syed (Aug 04)
- Re: Example of the worst passwd recovery interface Javier Fernandez-Sanguino (Aug 05)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Example of the worst passwd recovery interface Wall, Kevin (Aug 06)
- RE: Example of the worst passwd recovery interface Marc Heuse (Aug 04)