Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!edhall@rand-unix From: edhall%rand-unix@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Security and Passwords Message-ID: <3204@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 18:32:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3204 Posted: Mon Jul 18 18:32:00 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 20-Jul-83 08:07:25 EDT Lines: 6 Adding nonsense characters mixed with backspaces can also add to an observer's confusion. But the best insurance is to have a password which can be typed quickly, and in which the characters typed make little sense to an observer (i.e. not `word-like'). -Ed