Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site linus.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!smk 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 Article-I.D.: linus.26893 Posted: Thu Jun 16 09:41:27 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 20:06:16 EDT References: <173@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: MITRE Corp., Bedford MA Lines: 9 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)