New wargame site

[Scud]

Members caring to join the new site should do so with the knowledge that the owner is asking for your login and password information to be emailed to him, as pointed out to me today by another Blitz member, there being no security set up yet at his new site.

While I don't have any stake in this club thing one way or the other, I am wondering if you would post a copy of an email asking for this? -if you could just take all of the personal info off of it before posting.

See what I'm getting at is while I'm all for clubs being clubs -if asking for user names/passwords from other sites -to me that is far different than just having an alternate club, but a potential privacy issue. I'm fairly sure there is no legitimate reason to ask for this information -ever. Anyways, I also realize that things can be taken out of context, and I would be interested in seeing if for myself.

I passed along what I was told, but no, I didn't check it out for myself. I suggest you check out his site yourself if you're curious. Regardless, my point was not to criticize, but to remind members that, since the owner of the new site doesn't wish to disclose his identity, he could choose to do harm to this site if you were to use the same logins. Especially if he left here under bad circumstances. Again, not saying he would, just that it's possible.

Fortunately, the recent security Raz, our webmaster, has added should prevent too many problems from arising even if a person got in with the intent to harm.

For those of you who might be unaware, Raz built-in encryption years ago for your passwords here at the Blitz. Even if I go into the database and look at the password fields, all I see is gibberish. Still, using a unique password is always a good idea.

Dave