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TomTheDragon:

--- Quote from: Jorinda on 03.02.2014, 10:52:51 ---How do you stop people from entering something wrong? For example, entering someone else's name to mess with the system?
Maybe an email confirmation would be useful.
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I will add a IP based check so that someone can only add one name per IP, thats the only thing i can do. I mean they also could make accounts under a wrong name in this forum.
Why did i not add a email confirmation? Well.. i wanted to keep this system simple, i could add something like that but i dont think it would much help. I also think that much more users would decide to not make an entry just because of an email confirmation.
If some more want something like this, i will add it :)
But i think the only way to make this 100% secure, would be a system like this on a "official" base.


--- Quote from: Jorinda on 03.02.2014, 10:52:51 ---Also about the passwords - they are entered once, no double-check, no email address is stored in a database. What do I do if I mistyped my password on registration, or forget it? There seems to be no possibility to get a new password.
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I just added a password double-check :)
If you contact me and also prove your identity, you can get a new one.



--- Quote from: Cheetah on 03.02.2014, 11:49:04 ---Some people don't want to see their name on a list on a public web page - and unless you have some way to authenticate people, there's no guarantee that people aren't put on that list against their will.
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Like i said above:
Something like this on a inofficial base cant be 100% secure but it should be easy to integrate a function like this (for example) on the EF website.
Add a button in the registration website if someone wants an entry on a public list and set it to no by default. All problems solved.. but ok its just an idea ;)


--- Quote from: Cheetah on 03.02.2014, 11:49:04 ---And the use of such a list is limited anyways ...
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Well..
I know a lot furs that look on sites like Facebook, Furbase, this forum and also some other sites, for familiar names to make the decision easier if a visit to the EF is worth it.. but they dont want look on every bigger site out there. Specially because some furs dont like certain sites like Facebook and its also stupid to make accounts everywhere just for something like this.
Its also nice to have a way to look for other room mates if they still need one, in one central place.

btw. this was not my idea alone, i was talking with some others about a list like this for quite some time and all of them was really happy to hear about that i finally made something like this ;)

Sambers:
Keep in mind that if you do an IP based check, people living together/couples won't be able to sign up (well, only one of them would)

TomTheDragon:

--- Quote from: Sambers on 04.02.2014, 11:54:35 ---Keep in mind that if you do an IP based check, people living together/couples won't be able to sign up (well, only one of them would)

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Hm.. right.. then i will not add this function :/

lynard:

--- Quote from: TomTheDragon on 04.02.2014, 15:46:14 ---
--- Quote from: Sambers on 04.02.2014, 11:54:35 ---Keep in mind that if you do an IP based check, people living together/couples won't be able to sign up (well, only one of them would)

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Hm.. right.. then i will not add this function :/

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Ip-Based Checks are useless when you have a Dial In Connection (and most DSL Providers have so), which gives you a new IP everytime you reconnect. I would not advise to use such a system.

Fineas:
Well what about making the email confirmation optional?
You can list everyone that has been added, but you get a 'confirmed' color/asterisk/button thingy showing 'you mean business' and are really said person and will be attending.

It's far from fool proof though.
I for one have a mailbox with a 'catch all' configuration. I can conjure as many e-mail addresses as I like from my pool of domains.

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