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From: ddl@tardis.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Re:  Re: foiling password crackers
Message-ID: <10142@tardis.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 15:46:36 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 13 15:46:36 1986
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Organization: Harvard University, Cruft Lab (TARDIS)
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	But please, whatever you do, don't disable individual accounts
(vs. individual sessions) based on failed login attempts, as some
not-to-be-mentioned systems do.  Think of the happy cracker who types
the system administrator's login and random passwords a few times...
Then maybe root for good measure.  Now untroubled by anoying authority...

					Dan Lanciani
					ddl@tardis.*