dadamssg Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 i want to have a security question for a user to change their password...i was wondering what you guys thought would be the best way to do it. Have how many questions for options? should i have a text field for their answer and another one to re-type their answer to make sure they input what they intended? should i have the text field hidden like a password? or just make it a normal text field? should i md5 it going into the db? i want to have a good register form to learn the demographics of my users, but don't want too many things for them to fill out. right now i have 10 fields for them to answer.(username,first name, last name, password, birthday, etc) any thoughts would be appreciated! thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Festy Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 To be honest it's just a matter of choice how much security you want to provide to your users. You can use a text field for user's answer and then md5 it into its way to database. You can have a hidden field too. Whatever you do, just make sure your user doesn't get annoyed by typing and clicking so many things. Just think of yourself as a user, you certainly wouldn't want too much hassle, would you ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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