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From: learn@ddsw1.MCS.COM (William Vajk)
Subject: Re: stealing passwords is easy!
Message-ID: <1991Jun04.033724.25468@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Organization: Dares No Organization Like Dis Organization
References: <14715.2845348B@fidogate.FIDONET.ORG> <1991Jun02.215724.25764@chinet.chi.il.us> <1991Jun03.071209.2319@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 91 03:37:24 GMT
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In article <1991Jun03.071209.2319@vpnet.chi.il.us> Louis Giliberto writes:

>In article <1991Jun02.215724.25764@chinet.chi.il.us> Patrick A. Townson writes:


>>A user identified is a user who does not make trouble. Anytime a sysop can
>>pick up the phone and call a user to ask "why would you have posted the
>>message you did when you were on line today", the sysop has one less user
>>to worry about.


>Yes, I agree with Mr. Townson completely. 


One would like to think so, but this still is no assurance, as events at
igloo proved to me. Assuming you have thus created a system with all
honest and forthright users doesn't mean that someone of lesser ethical
standards wasn't, at some point, watching over some user's shoulder.

The results were a disaster for me.

Bill Vajk