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Article #4154Re: Unix Password Hacker
From: Joe Keane
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1988 00:14
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1988 00:14
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In article <8469@eddie.MIT.EDU>, jbs@fenchurch.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal) writes: > By your logic, we could remove bits as well, without `significantly' > [sic] reducing security--one-at-a-time, all the way down to one bit, > or even none. Wait, whose logic is messed up? If 1 birth isn't a significant increase in the world population, then 10 billion wouldn't be? Huh? I agree that more than one layer is probably a good idea because one of them is probably stronger than the others _but you don't know which_. If you knew which were better, or knew they're equal, then more than one isn't `significantly' better. --Joe
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!think!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!PT.CS.CMU.EDU!andrew.cmu.edu!jk3k+ From: jk3k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Joe Keane) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: Unix Password Hacker Message-ID: <AWEPp8y00Xc-07EkUL@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: 19 Mar 88 00:14:00 GMT References: <731@ddsw1.UUCP> <657@morningdew.BBN.COM> <1988Mar2.235819.18983@utzoo.uucp> <QWB54=y00Xo9Q3A1c3@andrew.cmu.edu>, <8469@eddie.MIT.EDU> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 13 In-Reply-To: <8469@eddie.MIT.EDU>