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Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
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Date: 
Sat, 22 Apr 2000 04:12:05 GMT
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Richard Franks <spontificus@__nospam__yahoo.com> wrote:
Even if you have great passwords - can't just anyone in the intervening
networks between the user and LUGNET just snoop in and copy down the
unencrypted password?

Not if it uses https, which I assume it will at some point.


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(...) Even if you have great passwords - can't just anyone in the intervening networks between the user and LUGNET just snoop in and copy down the unencrypted password? Richard (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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