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Article #15400Re: .netrc
From: David Elliott
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 1990 18:19
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 1990 18:19
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In article <1990Mar10.143413.16539@eddie.mit.edu> shawn@eddie.mit.edu (Shawn F. Mckay) writes:
>Probably much easier than picking up the peices after someone snarfs
>your .netrc file and has passwords to everything in the world.
How much easier is it to get someone's .netrc file than to get
someone's L.sys file, which also has passwords in it? In both cases
the file is protected, though with the .netrc file, many (all?)
versions of ftp will not even try to use the file if it is readable or
writable by group/other.
--
David Elliott
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!smsc.sony.com!dce From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: .netrc Message-ID: <1990Mar10.181943.23169@smsc.sony.com> Date: 10 Mar 90 18:19:43 GMT References: <45473@lanl.gov> <1990Mar10.143413.16539@eddie.mit.edu> Reply-To: dce@Sony.COM (David Elliott) Distribution: usa Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp. Lines: 15