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- From: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick)
- Subject: Re: unhappy about overloading finger
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.021147.12585@uwm.edu>
- Originator: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
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- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- References: <1992Jul23.032058.3292@reed.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 02:11:47 GMT
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- From article <1992Jul23.032058.3292@reed.edu>, by nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar):
- > I think the "spousal name" thing is apocryphal, at least in the case
- > of UNIX machines on the Internet.
-
- Maybe so, maybe not so. At our site we _have_ found instances of
- users setting their password to their firsst name, as recorded in the
- GECOS field of the password file. Crack found these *really* quickly.
- Then _we_ found the users really quickly! :-)
-
- > Dunno, but Ultrix finger joyfully screws up on user "@". Try "finger
- > @@some.ultrix.machine.army.mil" - it's quite fun.
-
- Only if you use DEC's old, ancient, decrepit, (oh, and BROKEN) finger.
- (It's a real "neat" screwup, too! :-) ) Seems like most DEC sites don't
- even use their own software anymore. Interesting.
-
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