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From: fiatlux@ucscc.UCSC.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Userid conventions
Message-ID: <4933@brl-adm.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 13-Mar-87 09:41:41 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 13 09:41:41 1987
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Well, for a long time at our site, we've been able to choose more
or less whatever name we want, so long as it fits into 7 characters
or less. This is a much nicer way than having q2zirt67 as a
login. Also choosing your own makes it easier to remember and for
others to remember. It's also a bit of a statement of who you are
and what you like and such. A lot of people seem to name there
accounts after D&D characters, or science fiction novels/authors.
Other influences are majors (my account was radiotv for a while),
movies, or interests. 

The best way to protect an account is to protect the password.
Knowing a login doesn't help much in getting into the account.
You have to know the password to get at what's in there.
Assigning logins won't increase security, better protection of
the user's password will help. 


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