What is v5

[VS Admin]

Jul 29, 2012 10:40:19 GMT -8 Rick Ace said:

Jul 29, 2012 10:29:01 GMT -8 VS Admin said:

v5 will use a https secure login server, so it's even more secure that v4.5.

But the simple logic of having multiple passwords over one single password is lost. ;D

Which just means you're going to be more likely to forget your password. Pick a secure password in the first place and you aren't going to have a problem.

[NSX05]

A 15-character password is the best my brain can do, I'm afraid.

[Rick Ace]

Jul 29, 2012 11:08:54 GMT -8 VS Admin said:

Jul 29, 2012 10:40:19 GMT -8 Rick Ace said:

But the simple logic of having multiple passwords over one single password is lost. ;D

Which just means you're going to be more likely to forget your password. Pick a secure password in the first place and you aren't going to have a problem.

I'm more worried about the newbies.

v5's benefits outweigh this issue. But I'm a little skeptical about the login system.

[Chris]

You can still register multiple email addresses instead... this is no less secure than v4.5. In v4.5, I can have 100 accounts, but if they all share an e-mail, then cracking the e-mail is all I need to get access to the accounts.

Pat: Is there any chance of getting 2-factor authentication with v5? (Following Google's example.)

[VS Admin]

Jul 29, 2012 14:02:42 GMT -8 Chris said:

You can still register multiple email addresses instead... this is no less secure than v4.5. In v4.5, I can have 100 accounts, but if they all share an e-mail, then cracking the e-mail is all I need to get access to the accounts.

Pat: Is there any chance of getting 2-factor authentication with v5? (Following Google's example.)

I'm sure that's something we can look into after launch. Right now we're not adding any new features besides what is already planned for our list.

[Ajay]

Jul 29, 2012 14:02:42 GMT -8 Chris said:

You can still register multiple email addresses instead... this is no less secure than v4.5. In v4.5, I can have 100 accounts, but if they all share an e-mail, then cracking the e-mail is all I need to get access to the accounts.

Pat: Is there any chance of getting 2-factor authentication with v5? (Following Google's example.)

Hopefully if that does come to be.. it should be an option.. Because Google's can be very annoying at times.

[Chris]

Jul 29, 2012 15:54:45 GMT -8 Ajay said:

Jul 29, 2012 14:02:42 GMT -8 Chris said:

You can still register multiple email addresses instead... this is no less secure than v4.5. In v4.5, I can have 100 accounts, but if they all share an e-mail, then cracking the e-mail is all I need to get access to the accounts.

Pat: Is there any chance of getting 2-factor authentication with v5? (Following Google's example.)

Hopefully if that does come to be.. it should be an option.. Because Google's can be very annoying at times.

I agree completely on it being an option. I just think for a central login it can be very vital.

[Ajay]

Jul 29, 2012 16:59:07 GMT -8 Chris said:

Jul 29, 2012 15:54:45 GMT -8 Ajay said:

Hopefully if that does come to be.. it should be an option.. Because Google's can be very annoying at times.

I agree completely on it being an option. I just think for a central login it can be very vital.

Yeah I agree it would be a nice little tool.

[Celeste]

Make the global password hard enough and no more problems. My suggestion is here.

[Ryan Roos]

Also this hasn't been mentioned yet but emails are private in v5.

So to those of you concerned about someone cracking your password, they don't even know your login. So they would have to somehow randomly guess your email address out of all the email addresses in the world and then successfully crack your password on top of that. The odds of that happening are ridiculous. As long as you have a decent password and you aren't running around telling everyone your login you are going to be just fine. And that's not even counting the fact that in v5 we use a secure server and logins don't even take place on the forum anymore. Not even the admin could be devious somehow and steal your information.

In v5 no one knows your login or password but you. Think about how much more secure that is.

[Ajay]

Ahh a big step up from v4.5. Nice to see that

[mayday1985]

Jul 16, 2012 10:58:45 GMT -8 Stinky666 said:

There's a HUGE list of things that will be better, but to try some out, go to the test V5 forum: v5.proboards.com

good link

[Kylesw555]

Jul 30, 2012 9:41:54 GMT -8 Ryan Roos said:

Also this hasn't been mentioned yet but emails are private in v5.

So to those of you concerned about someone cracking your password, they don't even know your login. So they would have to somehow randomly guess your email address out of all the email addresses in the world and then successfully crack your password on top of that. The odds of that happening are ridiculous. As long as you have a decent password and you aren't running around telling everyone your login you are going to be just fine. And that's not even counting the fact that in v5 we use a secure server and logins don't even take place on the forum anymore. Not even the admin could be devious somehow and steal your information.

In v5 no one knows your login or password but you. Think about how much more secure that is.

I'm sorry but I'm not clear on that.

Are you saying that Admins can't see user E-Mail Addresses in V5?

Staff on my forum rely on knowing our registrants E-Mail Addresses to help prevent Spam, to help prevent more than one account per person and such like that. We also E-Mail our members regularly with the result of something (some of our submission systems), Birthdays, Welcome E-Mails etc, we use this for ease of use and assists us in looking professional and such.

Basically what I'm saying is knowing our members E-Mail Addresses is very important to us, we're already going to lose some other features that I like. Eventually Admins will have no more powers than members :/.

[NSX05]

Aug 2, 2012 13:02:27 GMT -8 Kylesw555 said:

Are you saying that Admins can't see user E-Mail Addresses in V5?

Exactly what I want to know.

[Ajay]

I believe he meant that Staff can see emails but otherwise it is automatically private, there is no more setting to leave it public? Atleast that's my take on it.. but an admin can verify.