[General] Password Change

We are encouraging all of our users to take the time to modify the password for their account. Some changes have been made to the control panel interface for changing your password which helps to insure that your password is strong and secure. In the past we have had a lot of trouble with very weak passwords being used. If you use a weak password, then you are basically contributing to weak security systems which can allow a hacker to gain access to your account. If you don’t take care of your passwords and use very weak passwords then it just becomes that much easier for hackers to gain access to your account. Once hackers gain access to your account, they would then have full privileges to your account.

We have no reason to believe that any of our accounts have had their passwords compromised. There has been a lot of talk recently concerning account security, especially in light of the recent server-wide exploit that is still being investigated. However it is always a good idea to change the password on your account regularly just in case a hacker or malicious user has gotten access to your password. This is the point that we are stressing with this post.

We have written a guide that details how to change your account password. You should probably consider changing the passwords for everything associated with your account, POP passwords, MySQL passwords, etc. However your main account password is the main thing to pay attention to.

Steven