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From: jeffs@soul.esd.sgi.com (Jeff Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: new password idea
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Date: 23 Apr 91 18:26:54 GMT
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In <26616@adm.brl.mil> poulin@polar.bowdoin.edu (Jeff Poulin) writes:
>write a password program for yourself and run it from .cshrc (or

That may help, but a resourceful hacker will easily get past that.
You can often ^C to terminate the .cshrc, or replace the .cshrc
via the network (with ftp).

It's best to use good passwords.  Some newer systems now split up the
password file information so you can't read the encripted password
without root authority.

jeffs