Registration security question problem

[notgreat]

The first time I tried to register, I got the problem 2 minus two (num). When I put in the correct answer (0), it kept on rejecting it. In the end I just redid the whole registration process and it worked perfectly from there on out, so no harm done, but it is something you may want to look into.

 

[tehelgee]

Very strange.

The question is set with the right answer in the settings. I don't know why it wouldn't accept it.

 

[Emdemian]

I recall someone telling me about this when I was registering. Apparently you were supposed to answer the question with 'two' (or something similar that was the wrong answer) in order to pass. At the time I thought it was some weird hazing mechanism, didn't know it was a bug.

 

[Gotterdammerung1]

I had to put in 00 when I registered

 

[Emdemian]

I had to put in 00 when I registered

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That might been it for me too. My memory going that far back is vague.

 

[tehelgee]

I recall someone telling me about this when I was registering. Apparently you were supposed to answer the question with 'two' (or something similar that was the wrong answer) in order to pass. At the time I thought it was some weird hazing mechanism, didn't know it was a bug.

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There is more than one question.

 

[OccularOctorok]

So this is still a thing that's happening.

 

[tehelgee]

So this is still a thing that's happening.

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I don't know why it would be rejecting that. The question and answer is set up properly in the settings.

 

[OccularOctorok]

Perhaps its a problem registering 0 as an answer; maybe the code reads "0" by itself as a failed response.

Regardless, this broken question popped up no less than 8 times while trying to register. Each time I had to backspace, restart the registration process, and hope to god 2 minus two (number) didn't show up on the list of security questions. It was rather tedious.

If you cannot figure out why it is broken, may I suggest you remove the question? Maybe even replace it with something else. Its currently not working and having it makes registration rather difficult.

 

[tehelgee]

I went and asked on the SMF support forum about this, and it turns out 0 is not an acceptable answer due to coding. :/

The question has been changed to another.

 

[confusopoly]

The 2 minus two question got me too. I'm now trying and failing to imagine the code that would cause this.

 

[WizardTwo]

Perhaps its a problem registering 0 as an answer; maybe the code reads "0" by itself as a failed response.

Regardless, this broken question popped up no less than 8 times while trying to register. Each time I had to backspace, restart the registration process, and hope to god 2 minus two (number) didn't show up on the list of security questions. It was rather tedious.

If you cannot figure out why it is broken, may I suggest you remove the question? Maybe even replace it with something else. Its currently not working and having it makes registration rather difficult.

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Nice guesswork!

 

[OccularOctorok]

The 2 minus two question got me too. I'm now trying and failing to imagine the code that would cause this.

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Depending on how the code works, 0 could represent NULL or the default. In the case of a switch where the only branches of code are a correct response or NULL, null would happen for everything but the correct answer.

Now if NULL was represented by 0 in the code, putting in 0 for the answer would be the same thing as the value representing a failed response. Even if 0 was the right answer, it would go straight to failure. In essence, the right answer was the default number to cause a failure.

 

[Fellgar]

Yeah I actually got hit with that the first 3 times I tried to register before. Then I just moved on.