Re: /etc/passwd and generalizations

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From: Brendan Kehoe
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 13:40

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cos@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu wrote:
>Any site on the Internet that runs fingerd is routinely giving away
>login names to all who want them.  Login names are not difficult to
>find, so the fact that /etc/passwd gives them away is no big deal (in
>most cases).

So does your email address above.
-- 
     Brendan Kehoe - Widener Sun Network Manager - brendan@cs.widener.edu
  Widener University in Chester, PA                A Bloody Sun-Dec War Zone

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From: brendan@cs.widener.edu (Brendan Kehoe)
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Subject: Re: /etc/passwd and generalizations
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Date: 24 Jun 91 13:40:58 GMT
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