Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!husc6!m2c!applix!mark 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 Lines: 11 >>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