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Article #234Re: Canceling
From: Malcolm Hoar
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 10:52
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 10:52
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In article <9uv01e$19f8$1@machaut.medieval.org>, mccomb@medieval.org (Todd Michel McComb) wrote: >I also don't like the idea of >an account sitting around waiting to be hacked, so that someone >could start receiving mail at my best.com address and claiming to >be me. It might be unlikely, but there's no reason it should even >be possible. Hmmm, that's a point. OTOH, leaving your entry in the passwd file might be to your benefit security-wise. If someone with nefarious intent called Monday to open an account and requested 'mccomb' as their login... -- Malcolm Hoar malch@malch.com Kant spell Neetchie
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f9f6d,d6c2f8fe1cff2039 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9f6d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-09 02:52:51 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!news-peer-west.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!enews.sgi.com!news2.best.com!nntp1.ba.best.com!malch From: malch@malch.com (Malcolm Hoar) Newsgroups: best.general Subject: Re: Canceling Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 10:52:45 GMT Organization: Malch Enterprizes Lines: 17 Distribution: best Message-ID: <9uvfpr$2fe1$1@nntp1.ba.best.com> References: <9uubns$18to$1@machaut.medieval.org> <9uuj9m$2ds2$1@nntp1.ba.best.com> <9uv01e$19f8$1@machaut.medieval.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-64-172-54-82.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net X-Trace: nntp1.ba.best.com 1007895163 81345 64.172.54.82 (9 Dec 2001 10:52:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@best.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 10:52:43 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.01