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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Worm/Passwords
Message-ID: <8869@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 12 Nov 88 05:59:51 GMT
References: <22401@cornell.UUCP> <4627@rayssd.ray.com> <17830@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> <8563@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <8563@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II) writes:
>I have been working on a drop-in replacement for login and friends since I
>learned of the Internet virus.

Why?  Your replacement would not have stopped this virus.
Making life harder for legitimate users does not necessarily
increase security, and it often achieves the opposite effect.