Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekecs!paulsc From: paulsc@tekecs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: a thought about UNIX login security Message-ID: <1501@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 25-Jun-83 23:53:30 EDT Article-I.D.: tekecs.1501 Posted: Sat Jun 25 23:53:30 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 27-Jun-83 19:37:09 EDT Lines: 17 I know someone who chooses his password (at least he used to) by dropping his hands on the keyboard. I guess he could do it the same way every time (well, almost every time). He didn't have to worry about writing down his password (or someone getting his password by torturing him), because HE didn't even know what it was. Paul H. Scherf P. O. Box 1000 Del. Sta. 61-201 Tektronix Engineering Computing Systems Wilsonville, Oregon, USA UUCP: ...!XXX!teklabs!tekecs!paulsc (where XXX is one of: aat cbosg chico decvax harpo ihnss lbl-unix ogcvax pur-ee reed ssc-vax ucbvax zehntel) CSNET: tekecs!paulsc @ tektronix ARPA: tekecs!paulsc.tektronix @ rand-relay