Re: Authentication of remote users

[Tom Peterson <Tom.Peterson () UNI EDU>]

We email or FAX for information..... then use our discretion.
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Please supply the following information so that I can verify your
identity.  Once I receive this information I will reset your password
and send you the login information.

University ID#
Username
Home Address
Local Address
Major
date of birth
name of High School attended
*Your name (First,Last)

*Required information

You must correctly match a minimum of four in order to get your
password reset.

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Hope this is what you're looking for.

Tom

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Gary Flynn said the following on 1/3/2008 11:40 AM:
> Lets say you have a user that:
>
> 1) forgot their password
> 2) forgot their answers to their secret question(s)
> 3) is traveling making visiting the helpdesk impossible
>
> Lets also say asking for last four digits of SSN is
> not allowed.
>
> How do you authenticate the identity of the user and
> allow them to change their password?