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- Subject: Re: passwd security check
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.205704.14049@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 20:57:04 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.190827.30077@iitmax.iit.edu> <1992Jul23.113410.25479@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1992Jul25.001141.10256@news.cs.indiana.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul25.001141.10256@news.cs.indiana.edu>
- mvanheyn@whale.cs.indiana.edu writes:
- >
- >Of course, it would be easy to do it with a fascist passwd program.
- >Just have it check the given password against all the ones in the file,
- >and if it matches, it prints a message saying "Sorry, that is the same
- >as the password for user flaps." That way, people wouldn't use the same
- >passwords, and security would be increased.
-
- Now _there's_ a bright idea. If I should change my passwd, and
- my choice happens to be the same as some other user, tell me the guy's
- name, so I can go right out and 'rm -r *' all over his acct. No, tell me
- it's not acceptable - but don't tell me why (in this case).
-
- RA
-