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From: mark@applix.UUCP (Mark Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: YP problems (was Re: Improving password security)
Summary: What's wrong with YP?
Message-ID: <871@applix.UUCP>
Date: 1 Dec 88 13:51:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: applix.871
References: <21670@pbhya.PacBell.COM> <27987@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <716@quintus.UUCP> <2220@cuuxb.ATT.COM> <741@quintus.UUCP> <522@necisa
Reply-To: mark@applix.UUCP (Mark Fox)
Organization: APPLiX Inc., Westboro MA
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>>So, we'll just re-invent YP, again!?!  No point doing something badly, when
>>you can get some other mindless jerk to do it _really_ badly.

All right already... Can someone please enlighten me as to why YP is
criticized so much? (If I misread the above flame, well, many others have
bashed YP in the past.) What is wrong with the protocol and/or implementation
and how would you correct the problems?
-- 
  Mark
  UUCP: ...harvard!m2c!applix!mark
  mark@applix.m2c.org