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From: nieland_t@kahuna.asd-yf.wpafb.af.mil
Newsgroups: comp.org.decus
Subject: Re: Additional Bad Passwords not in VMS 5.4
Message-ID: <1991Feb4.175129.25@kahuna.asd-yf.wpafb.af.mil>
Date: 4 Feb 91 22:51:29 GMT
References: <5149.AA5149@nieland.DAYTON.OH.US> <436@sickkids.UUCP>
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In article <436@sickkids.UUCP>, mark@sickkids.toronto.edu (Mark Bartelt) writes:
> 
> OK, I can understand why DEC might be embarrassed to ship its corporate
> bigwig customers a component of VMS with something like "asshole" buried
> inside, but who on earth is Deborah, and what is special about her name?
> Were those names the only ones on the original list?  Or did that list
> contain others, of which only "deb{bie,orah}" were elided by KO's henchmen?
> And whichever the case, why?  Inquiring minds hunger for enlightenment.

1) There were many names on the original list.  The debbie/deborah just didn't 
make it into the DEC dictionary.  First names of any type are basically a 
no-no for passwords.  DEC just didn't a good enough list a names in their 
dictionary. 

2) Certain words are not taboo to be put in the dictionary a good number of
the four letter variety (including f*ck) are already there.  


Ted Nieland				nieland_t@kahuna.asd-yf.wpafb.af.mil
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