Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site burl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!rcj From: rcj@burl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: a thought about UNIX login security Message-ID: <178@burl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 10:56:39 EDT Article-I.D.: burl.178 Posted: Wed Jun 15 10:56:39 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 16:06:41 EDT References: <1518@utcsrgv.UUCP> Organization: Western Electric, Burlington, NC Lines: 22 And how many of you out there have logins like: games help teach guest and the like with easy-to-figure-out passwords? A fellow at Bell Labs Whippany wrote a piece of software that took as input information about a person -- spouse's name, relatives' and pets' names, hobbies, schools, etc. and took that as a working base for figuring out passwords. You would be surprised to find out how many passwords he found out with that program!! Think about that before you make your password from your anniversary date, your spouse's birthdate, or your initials followed by the last four digits of your telephone number. -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3814 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ floyd sb1 mhuxv ]!burl!rcj