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From: dmt@ptsfa.PacBell.COM (Dave Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Password Choices
Message-ID: <4445@ptsfa.PacBell.COM>
Date: 28 Jul 88 20:22:47 GMT
References: <16562@brl-adm.ARPA> <511@ns.UUCP> <1146@ficc.UUCP> <1406@devsys.oakhill.UUCP> <Jul.27.21.25.20.1988.21583@topaz.rutgers.edu>
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In article <Jul.27.21.25.20.1988.21583@topaz.rutgers.edu> ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes:
>The classic trojan horse/backdoor was referenced by Ritchie in his
>Turing lecture.  Dig through your ACM communications.  Eric Allman
>provided us all a similar feature for sendmail.



Sorry but it was Ken Thompsom's lecture, "Reflections on Trusting Trust."
It was in CACM Vol 27 No 8 August, 1984.







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