First Try at Creating Website

[David A. Bandel]

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:16:14 -0800
begin  "Condon Thomas A KPWA" <tcondon at kpt.nuwc.navy.mil> spewed forth:

> 
> Folks,
> 
> Maybe I'm just paranoid (I've never denied that), but it seems to me
> that creating a Family Tree website is a risky business.
> 
> In the US, at least, most banks use your "Mother's maiden name" as the
> *secure* password to make sure it is you they are talking to.  In these
> days of identity theft it seems that publishing that little detail on
> the web for all the world to know (not just yours, but those of your
> entire family) is not exactly in the brilliant category.

I'm not sure who the idiot is that started that blindingly stupid
"security" check.  In Latin countries, _both_ last names are used to
identify someone.  All the records for my children identify them as
<firstname> <middle name> Bandel Brenes.  I'm constantly asked for my
second last name (i.e., my mother's maiden name).  My wife's name down
here is Silvia Brenes de Bandel, and all her documentation from school and
before her marriage shows Silvia Brenes Castillo.

Ask any latino in the US their last name and you'll likely hear two last
names.  They think Gringos are ashamed of their mothers.

> 
> So, I'd recommend that if you are creating such a thing (and I am) you
> strongly look at secure login as a *requirement* of the project, not an
> afterthought.  That or keep it on a CD that you can hand out to your
> relatives, instead of putting it on the web.

Well, running the site with encryption and requiring logins (at least for
making changes) just makes sense.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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