> On May 27, 2015, at 11:22, John R. Levine <jo...@iecc.com> wrote:
> As I've said a couple of times already, but perhaps without the capital > letters, from a security point of view, generating a NEW PASSWORD and sending > it in cleartext is no worse than sending you a one time reset link. Either > way, if a bad guy can intercept your mail, you lose. Well, no… a one time reset link is infinitely better than sending a cleartext password, assuming you don’t have to immediately change the password. A reset link, being usable once, means that you can detect if an attacker has already used it. If you use it first, the attacker has a useless link. If an attacker gets a cleartext password, you probably can’t detect interception. Cheers, -j
