[Request] Admin Pin

Mr. Pirate · January 23, 2012, 10:18:18 PM

A mod where the admin has to enter a pin before the first entrance into the admin section. That would be a nice extra safety feature.

Gary · January 23, 2012, 10:46:16 PM

isnt their password enough?

Arantor · January 24, 2012, 03:25:22 AM

Would they have to re-enter their PIN every hour like they do with their password?

Mr. Pirate · February 13, 2012, 04:42:23 PM

Just for extra safety, Admin would have to enter the pin every time they login in and try to access the admin panel.

Mr. Pirate · February 15, 2012, 08:42:48 PM

Making it clear, every time the admin logs in upon the first attempt of entering into the admin section they have to put a 4 digit number pin before they are allowed in.

kat · February 16, 2012, 06:53:43 AM

If you go to Admin>Security and Moderation>General and make sure that "Disable administration security" isn't checked, they'll have to enter their password to access Admin.

Doesn't that achieve the same thing?

Mr. Pirate · February 20, 2012, 08:16:06 PM

No, but a pin would be a separate four digit number that they would have to enter after logging in and trying to access the admin area.

kat · February 21, 2012, 06:46:06 AM

I can't see anyone wanting to bother, with this, as it seems pointless.

They need a password, anyway. Why make them, in effect, have two?

Mr. Pirate · February 24, 2012, 10:55:35 AM

Why not? A four digit number pin is an extra security measure, just as how banks implement. They would only have to enter the password right when the click on "admin" then a Security Pin prompt would come up and they would enter a four digit number real quick.

Ricky. · February 24, 2012, 11:12:27 AM

Mr. Pirate need two passwords for admin, one for general stuff and other for admin related stuff.

Well, if SMF had admin in sub folder like few other software then you could have used http based password as extra security layer.

Gary · February 24, 2012, 11:27:13 AM

The chances of it being made are slim to none. In my opinion. It's like Kat said, not worth it.

Banks have two security checkpoints because they need things to be far more secure than SMF would. Banks store personal and financial details, SMF does not. Even then, there are sites like Paypal that handle the same facilities as a bank (to a certain degree) that also have only one password checkpoint.

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