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From: trier@cwlim.INS.CWRU.Edu (Stephen C. Trier)
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Subject: Re: Encrypted Passwords
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Date: 31 Mar 91 15:51:10 GMT
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In article <40718@cup.portal.com> Jons@cup.portal.com (Jonathan S Spangler) writes:
>Now, with v3.x of NetWare, passwords are encrypted OVER THE LAN CABLE. this
>is mostly a security issue, and only really becomes a problem if you need 
>to have both 286 and 386 OSes running simultaneously.

OK, what kinds of problems will occur?  With a University-wide net, we can
expect to be mixing 286 and 386 versions for a few years.  The first 3.10
server just went on the main net; what problems should I be seeing on the
poor 2.15 servers?  :-)

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