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From: sidana@neon.Stanford.EDU (Ashmeet S Sidana)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: new password idea
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.221817.18621@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 23 Apr 91 22:18:17 GMT
References: <26616@adm.brl.mil>
Organization: Comp Sci Dept, Stanford University; Hewlett-Packard.
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In article <26616@adm.brl.mil> poulin@polar.bowdoin.edu (Jeff Poulin) writes:

>write a password program for yourself and run it from .cshrc (or
>whatever).  That way, even if someone breaks into your account, they

If you try this, make sure the first thing you do on login is turn off all
interrupts! (Its not enough to turn off ^C in password program itself since
the intruder may interrupt the shell). Even then there is a window ...

---Ashmeet Sidana
   sidana@cs.stanford.edu
   sidana@hpcc01.hp.com