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In article <dana.671307230@are.Berkeley.EDU> dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil) writes:
[asking for password apps....]
>usually is "keep confidential stuff on floppy disks" but they're
>demanding more; my concern is not to use something that will be
>a fantastic headache when passwords are forgotten or when disks
>have problems. What suggestions can you give?
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Sorry for the semi-flame, but
What the heck is the point of this stupidity???? If  "they" want
to protect their stuff w/ a password, "they" ought at least to be
mature enuff to either remember a simple password or shut up and
quit whining if they are incapable of remembering it.
The whole point of a password is to protect a file.  If you can get
around it easily, it's useless.  You might as well start each file
out with a page that goes:
"Please dont' read this
^L
"
flame off.
Lock up your confidential stuff.  Write your password down at home.



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