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Old 02-10-2010, 09:35 PM  
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Originally Posted by TheDoc View Post
NATS locks the usernames for a very smart reason... if you use ajax, I can test the username's for a valid user, once it's a good user I can brute force attack that username.

With nats, every submit to check for a valid username, locks the username - along with a generalized error on a duplicate.


This is done for a very good reason, if you screw with it, you're chopping your own balls off.
you got a point there, didn't think about it
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