Worm/Passwords

Doug Gwyn gwyn at smoke.BRL.MIL
Sat Nov 12 15:59:51 AEST 1988


In article <8563 at rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> jfh at rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II) writes:
>I have been working on a drop-in replacement for login and friends since I
>learned of the Internet virus.

Why?  Your replacement would not have stopped this virus.
Making life harder for legitimate users does not necessarily
increase security, and it often achieves the opposite effect.



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