Politically Viable Solution
Stephen Perelgut
perelgut at utcsrgv.UUCP
Mon Aug 20 00:03:17 AEST 1984
<Isn't this bug dead yet?>
If you are really concerned about people choosing passwords that can
be found in "dict", then why don't you fix passwd to check the given
word against the dictionary and reject it if it matches. That way
the passwords aren't random and "bad" passwords are prevented.
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Stephen Perelgut
Computer Systems Research Institute University of Toronto
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