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From: smk@linus.UUCP (Steven M. Kramer)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: a thought about UNIX login security
Message-ID: <26893@linus.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Jun-83 09:41:27 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 16 09:41:27 1983
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Very good.  security!ehb did just that.  He used the spelling dictionary
to compare against passwords.  He also compared the encrypted login name
against them.  Amazing what he found.  (He caught me in it too.  I thought
I was cleaver in picking my passwd, but it was the same as someone's login 
name.)
-- 
--steve kramer
	{allegra,genrad,ihnp4,utzoo,philabs,uw-beaver}!linus!smk	(UUCP)
	linus!smk@mitre-bedford						(ARPA)