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From: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: PASSWORD GUESSING
Summary: But he SAID that's what his password was ...
Message-ID: <16937@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 24 Aug 89 12:27:46 GMT
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Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
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In article <3638@uokmax.UUCP> jeffm@uokmax.UUCP (Jeff Medcalf) writes:

I wrote: 

>>I'd say its a virtual certainty any good programmer could break that
>>system in a very small amount of time.

>The problem is that you assume that you KNOW that this is the scheme
>being used.  In actuality, a true password breaking program would
>require checking:

He said this was the system being used.  Any information regarding
character set, word selection, etc. increases the ease with which
a password can be cracked.
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