Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site whuxlb.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!mit-eddi!mit-vax!eagle!harpo!floyd!whuxlb!nrf From: nrf@whuxlb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: a thought about UNIX login security Message-ID: <1166@whuxlb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Jun-83 20:09:51 EDT Article-I.D.: whuxlb.1166 Posted: Thu Jun 16 20:09:51 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jun-83 01:09:11 EDT References: <4892@cca.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Whippany Lines: 9 Our system administrator selects root passwords by selecting an arbitrary printout and using whatever letters appear in a given column of the listing. (These are subject to evaluation based on the mix of upper, lower, and special characters). the resulting passwds are totally nonensical, though, and I suspect that super-users have a tendency to write them down.... Neal Fildes, BTL Whippany