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Article #713Re: Security of telephone Answering machines
From: Simon McAuliffe
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 07:21
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 07:21
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In article <1g3ajuINNbk0@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh) writes: > No, no, I meant pick a password from 5 to 20 possibilities, not a 20 > digit long password. Heavens even a 4 digit long password would be > wonderful compared with the current situation ( after all we rely on > only 4 digit long one to protect all of the money we have in the banks > with our PINS.) While most of the answering machines here are also very insecure with only 1 or 2 digit codes, there are a couple of brands with 4 digit combinations (of which I have one). Unfortunately they are made locally so you probably can't find them in the US. Four digits would probably discourage most people from trying to guess the comibinations. It's a little different from ATM pin numbers though since you can try as many times as you like with an answering machine.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!comp.vuw.ac.nz!sai Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Subject: Re: Security of telephone Answering machines Message-ID: <SAI.92Dec13192110@kauri.kauri.vuw.ac.nz> From: sai@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Simon McAuliffe) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 07:21:10 GMT Sender: news@comp.vuw.ac.nz (News Admin) References: <1ftp5iINNt33@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> <17380@umd5.umd.edu><1g3ajuINNbk0@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> Organization: VUW Anon-FTP Virus Archives (ftphost.vuw.ac.nz) Nntp-Posting-Host: kauri.vuw.ac.nz In-Reply-To: unruh@physics.ubc.ca's message of 8 Dec 1992 23:20:30 GMT Lines: 17