Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Security on ethernet, recent LAN mag article
Message-ID: <1988Mar29.175009.681@utzoo.uucp>
Keywords: ethernet,security
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <4805@ecsvax.UUCP>, <23559@hi.unm.edu>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 88 17:50:09 GMT

>	6) force people to change their passwords often (once a month for
>	   example) so that if someone does gain unauthorized access to
>	   the cable, the passwords they see won't do them much good

This has a high probability of being counterproductive; the usual result
is stupidly-chosen passwords, alternation between two passwords, passwords
that are minor variations on each other, etc.
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