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MyASPN >> Mail Archive >> python-Tutor
python-Tutor
[Tutor] Security
by Kirk Bailey other posts by this author
Jan 1 2002 3:03AM messages near this date
Re: [Tutor] extramural papers in python?? | RE: [Tutor] Security
OK, now comes an intresting task.

ACTUALLY Adding them to the list, or removing them.

At this point there are security issues. Is this REALLY sistermaryjoe@[...].org signing up 
for the 'evil-humor' list? Or someone looking to annoy sister mary Joe?

We can send them a letter, and have it come back with a secret code. Something along these l
ines is a commonly 
used ploy.

We can just sign them up at this point; it's been done.

We already have unsubscribe information in the footer, so they can go to the site and unsub 
if they want to, 
but this means other people can annoy them with unwanted subs, and we really want to prevent
 this, would'nt 
you?

We could do something else, but bless me if I know what that something else is!

So I guess that we will do a simple email process here, and a random number generation, and 
send that to them 
in the subject, and let them reply to it. the subject would be in the form of:

command listname randomnumber

If they give us a good random number, the file maintainer puts their email address in that l
ist. Bad address, 
bad listname, or bad random number and it barks.

Comments or discussion?
 


end

In total confusion,
                   Kirk D Bailey

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