Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!brendan From: brendan@cs.widener.edu (Brendan Kehoe) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: Re: /etc/passwd and generalizations Message-ID: Date: 24 Jun 91 13:40:58 GMT References: <1991Jun13.114433.22530@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl> Organization: Widener CS Dept Lines: 10 cos@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu wrote: >Any site on the Internet that runs fingerd is routinely giving away >login names to all who want them. Login names are not difficult to >find, so the fact that /etc/passwd gives them away is no big deal (in >most cases). So does your email address above. -- Brendan Kehoe - Widener Sun Network Manager - brendan@cs.widener.edu Widener University in Chester, PA A Bloody Sun-Dec War Zone