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From: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick)
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Subject: Speaking of Security Codes
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Date: 25 Feb 90 08:09:36 GMT
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John Higdon says:

>                                  ... the silliness of relying on
> two-digit "security" code to protect ...

I recently received a Panasonic (Matsushita) Easa-Phone Auto-logic
answering machine (the KX-T1470 model).  It allows remote access to
all its functions (including "room monitor"!), but has only a 2-digit
"security code".  Now, being in the computer game, it is obvious to me
that two-character passwords are less than sufficient.  However, what
really concerns me is that there seems to be no way to disable this
remote access.

My question to you good folks on this list is: Can remote access be
totally supressed on this beastie?  I see no way to do so.  If this
_is_ mentioned in the manual, it isn't obvious to me.

Thank you,

John G Dobnick
Computing Services Division @ University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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