douglasbarton / forbidden_usernames

Disallowed Usernames

What?

An open source database of dis-allowed usernames for startups.

The goal of this project is to create a universal database of disallowed usernames for web applications.

Format: CSV

Why?

For example, you don't want someone to sign-up with the username titled 'support'.

And depending on your set-up, they could probably generate something like:

http://example.com/support

or

http://support.example.com

and use this to send out emails impersonating as someone un-suspecting from your Startup. Now, that's are dangerous! And hence, the purpose of this list.

How?

You can also import this file directly from your database's GUI (like phpmyadmin).

This project is licensed under the MIT License

Thank you.