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From: learn@piroska.uchicago.edu (William  Vajk (igloo))
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Subject: Re: Can a student run COPS?
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Date: 13 Jun 91 15:15:56 GMT
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In article  Michael A. Covington) writes:

>We would not penalize a student simply for running COPS even if it gave
>him other people's passwords. We would look at what he did with the
>passwords. But, technically, running a password guesser should be obviously
>against policy.

I don't think there's quite so much a problem with running a password 
guesser as there is with permitting passwords to exist which are
guessable by commonly available software.

Responsibility for safeguarding is, after all, a two way street. Do you
really expect that hundred dollar bill you left on the sidewalk in front
of the Biltmore to be there when you need it tomorrow ?


Bill Vajk