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Re: IBM password

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From: David Vincenzetti
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 17:02
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In <1992Sep29.095334.20666@ghost.dsi.unimi.it> cotrozzi@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (Massimo Cotrozzi) writes:

>There's no way to protect a PC from use by unauthorized users ..
>( I am not talking just for DOS, for UNIX too . Think about it !!!)
>>bill pociengel
>>--
>>llbi locgeenpi " i'm a little confused right now"
>
>	Massimo
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I strongly agree with Massimo.
Effectively protecting Unix machines is a very hard task and trying to
protect a D class guy like MSDOS is simply ridicolous. Think about it.

Ciao,	David
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From: vince@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (David Vincenzetti)
Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
Subject: Re: IBM password
Message-ID: <1992Sep29.170204.22957@ghost.dsi.unimi.it>
Date: 29 Sep 92 17:02:04 GMT
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