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Title: Registration questions
Post by: Seittit on January 05, 2015, 04:32:55 AM
Me thinks that the two questions asked during registration regarding OSPF and HTTPS will ward off most users asking about their home linksys routers.

Nicely done.

:awesome:
Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: mynd on January 05, 2015, 08:05:08 AM
I thought that too, but it very well may be too much a hindrance for some, which may or may not, be a good thing ...
Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: icecream-guy on January 05, 2015, 08:26:01 AM
hi all....

tough questions.....    the leave this box empty question had me stumped..


Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: deanwebb on January 05, 2015, 09:31:42 AM
I thought about that... they'd also likely ward off people that have no Google Fu. Maybe I need to hack that file to let folks know that it's open book and that they're allowed to look up the answers. Having random questions like that are designed to keep bots out that try to script answers or defeat captchas.
Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: NetworkGroover on January 05, 2015, 11:08:44 AM
Hehe... I liked the questions as well.
Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: GeoApps on January 07, 2015, 12:16:28 PM
Maybe so, but  I had to give up on this question:


:angry: I tried TBit/s, Terabps, Tb/sec, Tbps, and many other combinations. :angry:

Got in using a different question after reloading the page, but that one was very annoying. 
Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: deanwebb on January 07, 2015, 12:51:28 PM
Whoops, I need to fix that one.
Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: hizzo3 on January 07, 2015, 01:26:48 PM
The hex one threw me as well. Didn't know if it wanted 0xFF or just FF... Luckily FF worked (thought like a network guy vs normal computer)
Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: wintermute000 on January 09, 2015, 05:34:19 AM
I reckon make them slightly easier
Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: deanwebb on January 09, 2015, 08:25:47 AM
I can go that route... suggested easy-breezy questions with obvious answers?
Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: Seittit on January 09, 2015, 01:10:00 PM
How about
Quote
Which company recently purchased a networking-based forum and left it to rust after stripping out its functionality?
Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: SimonV on January 09, 2015, 01:23:54 PM
 :lol:
Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: deanwebb on January 09, 2015, 01:47:15 PM
Quote from: Seittit on January 09, 2015, 01:10:00 PM
How about
Quote
Which company recently purchased a networking-based forum and left it to rust after stripping out its functionality?


:steamtroll:
Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: NetworkGroover on January 09, 2015, 05:49:01 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on January 09, 2015, 01:47:15 PM
Quote from: Seittit on January 09, 2015, 01:10:00 PM
How about
Quote
Which company recently purchased a networking-based forum and left it to rust after stripping out its functionality?


:steamtroll:

Lol..... troll-ol-ol-ol-ol-ol
Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: wintermute000 on January 09, 2015, 06:15:16 PM
I reckon stuff like
- Under what conditions will an ASBR set a forwarding address in a Type 5 LSA?

joking, I meant stuff that won't put off newbies or have ambiguities like FF vs 0xFF (though personally I stand  by 0xFF lol). e.g.

- what is the acronym for Random Access Memory?
- what is the common network command to see if an IP address is responding
- how many bytes is 2048 bits?


Title: Re: Registration questions
Post by: deanwebb on January 10, 2015, 08:08:55 AM
Changed the trickier questions to acronym questions. Heck, if I ask what is the acronym for Open Shortest Path First and say it's OK to use google, I believe not only are we making it very, very easy for someone that does know it's OSPF, but also helping to teach someone that is literally clueless about nature's greatest generator of clues... Internet search engines.