Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!cedman From: cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: Finding Passwords Message-ID: Date: 24 Sep 90 22:09:36 GMT References: <50845@brunix.UUCP> <12165@chaph.usc.edu> <1990Sep24.151824.30714@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> Organization: non serviam Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: golem.ps.uci.edu In-reply-to: slfields@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu's message of 24 Sep 90 15:18:24 GMT In article <1990Sep24.151824.30714@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> slfields@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Scott L Fields) writes: ... The point in the previous case is to immediately change your password if you spot the trojan after logging in. A better idea might be to hit break before logging in. Always the possibility of landing in the trojans account. Even on danger of nit-picking: You would NOT land in the account of the trojan. You are the trojan. If anything you would land in the account of the greek. :-) Theorectial Physicist,N.:A physicist whose | Send mail existence is postulated, to make the numbers | to balance but who is never actually observed | cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu in the laboratory. | edmanc@uciph0.ps.uci.edu