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    Add flag to prevent nin verification in frontend · a6dd5745
    Andreas Ellewsen authored and Jonas Braathen's avatar Jonas Braathen committed
    If a sponsor verifies a nin that is already in use by an account in
    cerebrum, the guest will gain access to that account, which in turn
    allows the guest to change the password of that account. This makes it
    possible to abuse the guest service to steal the account of users.
    
    A feature that checks for this problem, and helps the sponsor make a
    decision on it, will be introduced in the near future. At that point
    nin verification can be enabled again.
    
    Resolves: GREG-202
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    Add flag to prevent nin verification in frontend
    Andreas Ellewsen authored and Jonas Braathen's avatar Jonas Braathen committed
    If a sponsor verifies a nin that is already in use by an account in
    cerebrum, the guest will gain access to that account, which in turn
    allows the guest to change the password of that account. This makes it
    possible to abuse the guest service to steal the account of users.
    
    A feature that checks for this problem, and helps the sponsor make a
    decision on it, will be introduced in the near future. At that point
    nin verification can be enabled again.
    
    Resolves: GREG-202