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Re: Geeky Question

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From: Charlie Stross
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 00:00
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On 10 Apr 2000 08:15:18 GMT, Angus Creech 
<creech@tardis.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

>Ah ha - but I'm using NT challenge/response for logins to the web site;
>so the whole system is as secure (ahem) as the NT file system.

Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear. Oh ...

Windows NT is secure. It's totally secure. If you apply all the
service packs, there are no security holes. (At least, none that
Microsoft admits knowing about.) Trust the computer. The computer
is your friend.

What did you say your hostname was again? Clickety-click ...



-- Charlie
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From: charlie@pc.antipope.org (Charlie Stross)
Subject: Re: Geeky Question
Date: 2000/04/11
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