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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Need help with password aging
Message-ID: <9075@alice.UUCP>
Date: 20 Mar 89 21:42:43 GMT
References: <179@camdev.UUCP> <9059@alice.UUCP> <3275@ttrdc.UUCP>
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In article <3275@ttrdc.UUCP>, levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes:

> Toggling can be defeated by storing all past passwords for each user.

Yes indeed.  Then the users have to tack a sequence number onto
their passwords.  Meanwhile it gets slower each time you change
your password and there's a file sitting around that people would
just love to steal.
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@europa.att.com