a thought about UNIX login security

Steven M. Kramer smk at linus.UUCP
Thu Jun 16 23:41:27 AEST 1983


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 at mitre-bedford						(ARPA)



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