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From: gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
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Subject: Re: Passwords/Intent to Defraud
Message-ID: <1991Jun13.192434.17298@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Date: 13 Jun 91 19:24:34 GMT
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In article <1991Jun13.152618.28383@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:

>I didn't say it was a CRIME for a non-sysadmin to run Cops and obtain
>passwords, I said that we do not PERMIT it, i.e., it's against system
>policy.

Why?

Why is it against policy to do something that's entirely legal?

Why is it against policy to do something that's entirely ethical?

Aren't you just demonstrating total lack of trust in your users? Such
an attitude is never good. Such policies can never be enforced. Such
policies are just plain bad.

Concentrate on the real problem, which is people doing things with
malicious intent.