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Re:Ask HN: Strategy for password reset email vs URL to reset... by biot on Sunday July 17, 2011 @09:40PM (#2774789)
Send an expiring URL to a "choose a new password" form. Resetting the person's password allows for a denial of service where an attacker can constantly reset a person's password out from under them. When you email a URL to change the password, the old password is left alone until the link is clicked and a new password entered.

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