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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!barmar
  2. From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
  4. Subject: Re: Proactive password checkers
  5. Date: 7 Nov 1992 04:39:56 GMT
  6. Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
  7. Lines: 10
  8. Message-ID: <1dfhasINN1q6@early-bird.think.com>
  9. References: <1992Nov6.202148.1587@cs.sandia.gov>
  10. NNTP-Posting-Host: gandalf.think.com
  11.  
  12. In article <1992Nov6.202148.1587@cs.sandia.gov> wllarso@sandia.gov (William L Larson) writes:
  13. >How long does it take to proactivly check passwords using npasswd,
  14. >passwd+, or Larry Wall's passwd Perl script.
  15.  
  16. We use npasswd and the overhead is imperceptible on a Sparcstation.
  17. -- 
  18. Barry Margolin
  19. System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
  20.  
  21. barmar@think.com          {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar
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