Are the security questions hard enough?

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Re: Are the security questions hard enough?

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TheVeganAtheist wrote:In case everyone didnt get the email, I have purchased the SSL for the forum and website.
Nice with the SSL! ^^ Just a tip: it seems like SSL is enforced on theveganatheist.com, but not on theveganatheist.com/forum
If you can you should also force it on the forum. At the moment you only get SSL on the forum by either going through theveganatheist.com or typing in htps:// manually
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Re: Are the security questions hard enough?

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knot wrote:
TheVeganAtheist wrote:In case everyone didnt get the email, I have purchased the SSL for the forum and website.
Nice with the SSL! ^^ Just a tip: it seems like SSL is enforced on theveganatheist.com, but not on theveganatheist.com/forum
If you can you should also force it on the forum. At the moment you only get SSL on the forum by either going through theveganatheist.com or typing in htps:// manually
ya I realized that, and I posted on the phpbb forum and it seems to be a more difficult issue. If someone understands this stuff, and willing to help, please take a look at this thread and help me through it.

https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &t=2315881
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Re: Are the security questions hard enough?

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Yeah, that's not a phpBB thing, it's a redirect thing with the host. You can fix that from your cpanel, when you log into it to manage your hosting account. It's relatively easy.

This might help: http://www.webhostinghub.com/help/learn ... to-use-ssl

I fixed it from within the forums with a word censor (since it was causing logouts whenever the user followed a link), but a redirect is the proper way.

If you can't find it, contact the web host for support.
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Re: Are the security questions hard enough?

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I contacted my host and it seems they were able to fix it. HTTPS:// should now be forced always.
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Re: Are the security questions hard enough?

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I was asked "Muhammad supposedly flew on a ______ to heaven". Being partly ignorant when it comes to such technological logistics, I thought the answer would be reviewed by an administrator. So my answer was "winged horse" as Dawkins called it on the Al Jazeera interview with Mehdi Hassan. Between brackets I also added "Buraq" as it is called (in Arabic) in the Islamic mythology, since I am an Ex-Muslim. Anyway.

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Re: Are the security questions hard enough?

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Classic wrote:I was asked "Muhammad supposedly flew on a ______ to heaven". Being partly ignorant when it comes to such technological logistics, I thought the answer would be reviewed by an administrator. So my answer was "winged horse" as Dawkins called it on the Al Jazeera interview with Mehdi Hassan. Between brackets I also added "Buraq" as it is called (in Arabic) in the Islamic mythology, since I am an Ex-Muslim. Anyway.

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It's automatic, not reviewed.

Both of those answers would have been acceptable. There's a list of something like 50 acceptable answers. Pegasus and Unicorn would have also worked. But I'm not sure if they would have been accepted if you put them together or added brackets. Did that work?
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Re: Are the security questions hard enough?

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brimstoneSalad wrote: It's automatic, not reviewed.

Both of those answers would have been acceptable. There's a list of something like 50 acceptable answers. Pegasus and Unicorn would have also worked. But I'm not sure if they would have been accepted if you put them together or added brackets. Did that work?
I see.

No, it didn't, but you're excused. My ignorance was to blame.
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Re: Are the security questions hard enough?

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Classic wrote: No, it didn't, but you're excused. My ignorance was to blame.
It also accepts several different transliterations, and you could even have input the answer in Arabic. I like to think I write security question answer lists like a boss. :D
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Re: Are the security questions hard enough?

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Congrats on getting SSL I feel safer! Now I wonder did you take away the security questions and replace them with a captcha code email verification?
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Re: Are the security questions hard enough?

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Tofu is to soybeans as Seitan is to _____
This was the question with which I was tested upon registering a new account. I did not know what Seitan is so I did a quick google search and 1 minute later wrote "wheat" as the answer. That does mean that a spammer capable of understanding English could easily do the same.
Name a famous Atheist 'horseman'
The google search of "atheist horsemen" (without "") leads one to the immediate explanation and the 4 answers. (I wasn't familiar with the term before)
www.newstatesman.com wrote:The name "Four Horsemen" refers to R****** D******, C********* H********, D***** D****** and S** H***** and was first used during a 2007 debate in which they discussed their criticisms of religion and advocated critical thinking.Dec 22, 2011
(I starred them so that some spammer can't simply find the answer in the forum)
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