1. Passwords

Rob,
   I have run across a situation that makes the present password scheme
a bit of a PITA.

   I read the forum from work, from home on Windows, from home on Slackware
Linux, and just now from home on MandrakeMove Linux.

   I have a cookie on Windows, but that doesn't help me when I'm on either
Linux or my work computer.  I guess I could write it down and then make sure
I post from each location so that a cookie is placed on each computer.

   However, that isn't very practical.  Especially since my employer doesn't
like the idea of cookies, and I just installed Mandrake as a one time deal
to help Al Getz out.

   So here I am connecting to the internet from Mandrake but I can't post.
I guess I could have applied for a new password and had it emailed to me.
Of course I don't have my email account set up on Mandrake, so I would have
to browse over to my webmail to get the new password.  Then after I posted
from Mandrake I could start Windows back up, get my emailed password, post
from there again to set the cookie and then post again from work to set the
cookie there and hope my employer doesn't realize.

   If only I could make my own password that I had a snowball's chance of
remembering.

  P.S.  I seem to be a slow learner.  For each paragraph above, I hit the 
tab key to indent.  Needless to say, that didnt' work, it set focus to the
Send Now button.

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2. Re: Passwords

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Evan Marshall" <guest at RapidEuphoria.com>
To: <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 8:57 PM
Subject: Passwords


>
>
> posted by: Evan Marshall <1evan at sbcglobal.net>
>
> Rob,
>    I have run across a situation that makes the present password scheme
> a bit of a PITA.
PITA? Whats that?
>    I read the forum from work, from home on Windows, from home on
Slackware
> Linux, and just now from home on MandrakeMove Linux.
>
>    I have a cookie on Windows, but that doesn't help me when I'm on either
> Linux or my work computer.  I guess I could write it down and then make
sure
> I post from each location so that a cookie is placed on each computer.
That'll ruin ur compy!
>    However, that isn't very practical.  Especially since my employer
doesn't
> like the idea of cookies, and I just installed Mandrake as a one time deal
> to help Al Getz out.

So I take it your boss is light-weight?

>    So here I am connecting to the internet from Mandrake but I can't post.
> I guess I could have applied for a new password and had it emailed to me.
> Of course I don't have my email account set up on Mandrake, so I would
have
> to browse over to my webmail to get the new password.  Then after I posted
> from Mandrake I could start Windows back up, get my emailed password, post
> from there again to set the cookie and then post again from work to set
the
> cookie there and hope my employer doesn't realize.
>
>    If only I could make my own password that I had a snowball's chance of
> remembering.
Hmmmmm... heres what i would do: make an *easy* to remember password. Write
it down on a piece of paper 20-30 times, (and then tear up the paper so
someone else wont know it) Then get the 'hash' value of that password. Save
the hash on your computer in a TXT file. That way, if you forget it, you can
'guess' it, compare the guess hash to the stored hash... you get the idea.
>   P.S.  I seem to be a slow learner.  For each paragraph above, I hit the
> tab key to indent.  Needless to say, that didnt' work, it set focus to the
> Send Now button.
That sounds entertaining. Hey, if ya need some more entertainment, check out
this program i wrote. Havent put it in the archive yet... (the itsoom is
mine, the sendmouse was done by someone else)
>
>
>

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-- include Win32Lib.ew
include sendmouse.ew
include misc.e
without warning
atom x, y, irritate, sleepval, temp
object cmd
sleepval=2
cmd=command_line()
--temp = compare(cmd[3],"")
--if equal(temp, 0) < 1 then
--sleepval=cmd[3]
--end if
irritate=1
while irritate=1 do
x = rand(800)
y = rand(600)
    SendMouseAMove(x,y)
sleep(sleepval)
end while

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-- Library: SendMouse
-- Author: Guillermo Bonvehi (pampeano at rocketmail.com)
-- Version: 0.4
-- Description: It allows to send mouse commands instead of having to =
input them
-- Comments: Inspired on Sendkeys by Thomas Parslow

include dll.e

constant smUSER32 = open_dll("user32.dll")

constant smMouseEvent = =
define_c_proc(smUSER32,"mouse_event",{C_UCHAR,C_LONG,C_ULONG,C_ULONG,C_UL=
ONG}),
smGetSystemMetrics = =
define_c_func(smUSER32,"GetSystemMetrics",{C_INT},C_LONG)

-- Send Mouse Left Click
global procedure SendMouseLClick()
	c_proc(smMouseEvent,{#2,0,0,0,0}) -- Left button down
	c_proc(smMouseEvent,{#4,0,0,0,0}) -- Left button up
end procedure

-- Send Mouse Middle Click
global procedure SendMouseMClick()
	c_proc(smMouseEvent,{#20,0,0,0,0}) -- Middle button down
	c_proc(smMouseEvent,{#40,0,0,0,0}) -- Middle button down
end procedure

-- Send Mouse Right Click
global procedure SendMouseRClick()
	c_proc(smMouseEvent,{#8,0,0,0,0})  -- Right button down
	c_proc(smMouseEvent,{#10,0,0,0,0}) -- Right button down
end procedure

-- Send Mouse Relative Move (it's relative to where the cursor is)
global procedure SendMouseRMove(atom x, atom y)
	c_proc(smMouseEvent,{#0001,x,y,0,0}) -- Movement
end procedure

-- Send Mouse Absolute Move
global procedure SendMouseAMove(atom x, atom y)
	atom cx, cy
	cx=c_func(smGetSystemMetrics,{0})
	cy=c_func(smGetSystemMetrics,{1})
	cx = 65535/cx -- Absolute coords range from 0 to 65535 so
	cy = 65535/cy -- we have to change to pixel coords
	c_proc(smMouseEvent,{#8001,cx*x,cy*y,0,0}) -- Absolute + Movement
end procedure

-- Send Mouse Wheel Movement (Positive forwards, negative backwards)
global procedure SendMouseWheel(atom z)
	c_proc(smMouseEvent,{#800,0,0,z,0})
end procedure
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3. Re: Passwords

William Heimbigner wrote:
> 
> > posted by: Evan Marshall <1evan at sbcglobal.net>
> >    I have run across a situation that makes the present password scheme
> > a bit of a PITA.
> PITA? Whats that?

"Pain in the area." <ahem>

> >    If only I could make my own password that I had a snowball's chance of
> > remembering.
> Hmmmmm... heres what i would do: make an *easy* to remember password.

You can't do that with EUForum. It assigns you a password.

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