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From: cjc@ulysses.att.com (Chris Calabrese)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: (none)
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Date: 11 Apr 91 19:14:33 GMT
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In andys@ulysses.att.com (Andy Sherman) writes:
>In IFAC%SNYCENVM.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu ( FRANK CALLUCCI) writes:
>> [ stuff about using control chars to pick passwords... ]
>>
>>were to use the password WIZARD for instance you would use (<CTRL> WIZARD)
>
> [ fameous story about Dave Korn and his VAX killing password ...]

Ah, the old Korn and the VAXen story, one of my favorites.

In this case, however, there's an even more obvious
reason not to use control chars.

If you used ^WIZARD as your password, ^W is the erase word char in
most modern tty drivers; thus, it would just be thrown out anyway.

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