Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!greep@su-dsn From: greep%su-dsn@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: The Security of UNIX - the proposed unix-security Message-ID: <2344@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sat, 25-Jun-83 00:07:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2344 Posted: Sat Jun 25 00:07:00 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jun-83 09:37:02 EDT Lines: 9 If you're worried mainly about outside people getting into the system, as opposed to people who have legitimate accounts but want to login as someone else, then a simple solution is to require a site password in addition to the user's own password; that is, both have to be entered (eg the site password followed by a slash followed by the regular password). One net site actually used to do this for dialins and ptys. The only problem is notifying all the users when the site password changes. - greep