Article: 166878 of alt.sysadmin.recovery From: wollman@lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery Subject: Re: Today's Recovery Date: 24 Oct 2000 16:42:46 GMT Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Lines: 22 Approved: yes Message-ID: <8t4e66$48b$1@traf.lcs.mit.edu> References: <87em16228l.fsf@localhost.efn.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: _SUPPRESSED_.lcs.mit.edu X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test74 (May 26, 2000) Originator: wollman@lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Path: news.meer.net!nntp1.ba.best.com!news1.best.com!newsfeed.mathworks.com!portc03.blue.aol.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!traf.lcs.mit.edu!not-for-mail Xref: news.meer.net alt.sysadmin.recovery:166878 In article <87em16228l.fsf@localhost.efn.org>, Steve VanDevender wrote: >I remember pir sitting in the hotel lobby at last year's LISA chuckling >over how many passwords he was picking up while sniffing the wireless >net there. At last week's BSDcon in Monterey, the terminal room staff maintained a large flip chart entitled: If your password is on this list, stop using it (and don't use an insecure protocol to change it): I wish I could get away with that.... -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick