PASSWORD GUESSING (is trivial)
Chris Torek
chris at mimsy.UUCP
Fri Aug 25 03:30:27 AEST 1989
In article <712 at texsun.Central.Sun.COM> jthomp at hemaneh.Central.Sun.COM
(Jim Thompson Sun Dallas IR) writes:
>Also, remember that when the Internet worm strode forth last Nov,
>it was as interested in 'ordinary Joe' passwords as others. It 'used'
>the information gained about your password on 'this' system to attempt
>gaining access to 'that' system.
Nope.
It could have, but the code to do that was not present.
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