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Article #49Re: Forging E-mail from root to get users to change passwords
From: Daniel F Boyd
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 18:09
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 18:09
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In article <82930@ut-emx.uucp> ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd) writes: > [A hacker forges email telling a novice to set their passwd. to > 'gromitvomit', then logs in.] > What is the best way to prevent/slow down this form of attack? > Educate your users. The weakest biggest security hole is always the users. -- Daniel F. Boyd -- boyd@cs.buffalo.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "It's not a System called 'X-Windows', it's a window system named 'X', after the owl on 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'".
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ukma!cs.widener.edu!dsinc!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu!boyd From: boyd@acsu.buffalo.edu (Daniel F Boyd) Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Subject: Re: Forging E-mail from root to get users to change passwords Message-ID: <Bx5Jro.Dpz@acsu.buffalo.edu> Date: 3 Nov 92 18:09:23 GMT References: <82930@ut-emx.uucp> Sender: nntp@acsu.buffalo.edu Organization: UB Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: lictor.acsu.buffalo.edu