Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!zben.umcp-cs@udel-relay From: zben.umcp-cs%udel-relay@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Security and Passwords Message-ID: <2687@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 30-Jun-83 03:30:05 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2687 Posted: Thu Jun 30 03:30:05 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Jul-83 17:14:53 EDT Lines: 8 From: Ben CranstonFor some years now I have been using passwords that have the form of familiar (and rememberable) words with crucial letters doubled. For example, for years my password on the Univac 1100 was "AGGNEW" and my standard low-security password was "NIXXON"... This last from analogy with EXXON and a certain cartoon in the National Lampoon... Ben Cranston, Univ of Maryland Computer Science Center