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by mindcrime 3973 days ago
Another area I'd suggest looking into is your "recover your account key" setup. If the keys really really are random, then this is probably fine. But if there's any flaw resulting in your generated keys being less than ideally random, somebody could have figured out a way to generate an account recovery key, and then used that to steal an administrative account. That is, assuming your administrative user even has that option. If it does, it might be a good idea to disable that, since you presumably have direct db access anyway, and can always backdoor your way in if you forget your own password.
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There are times when I lie in bed at night and stare into the shadows and think to myself web based administration is probably always a bad idea.

Unfortunately, the alternatives are unthinkable for everyone who isn't a programmer.