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  Re: LUGNET Memberships
 
(...) Is there a way to tell if a given IP address is a shared proxy server or not? If you disable login access as one user from a given IP address, then you effectively disable login access as _all_ users from that IP address, because it would be (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Any having trouble accessing lugnet.com subdomains?
 
(...) They all work for me. 'Course, those are hosts, not subdomains. :) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Any having trouble accessing lugnet.com subdomains?
 
(...) Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: LUGNET Memberships
 
(...) Probably the latter. But maybe (tying threads together) we could have Todd print a bar code that we swiped with our :CueCats to verify it was us (along with a rather easier password that we had to remember) ?? Personally I think one should (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Any having trouble accessing lugnet.com subdomains?
 
I can access them, but everything except news and guide just say "Hello world! This is ####.lugnet.com!", but maybe it is supposed to do that? --Tobias (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: LUGNET Memberships
 
(...) Not if you only disable loggin in as that user from that ip. (...) I think a minimum of 6 characters is a good limit. It's the character diversity that is causeing problems. Also, you could make failed attempts take a few extra seconds to (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: LUGNET Memberships
 
(...) The swipe-through ATMs are probably a lot cheaper, both to install and maintain. They don't have all the mechanical parts needed to accept and return the card (ooo, reversing motor), so they shouldn't break down as often. Of course, not having (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: LUGNET Memberships
 
I've been on a few BBSes, quite a while back now, and believe me, some of the passwords that I came up with were quite alphanumeric, and rather random. A hacker's chance of guessing a random, or even semi-random, password is therefore theoretically (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: LUGNET Memberships
 
Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G1F3z5.5Gs@lugnet.com... (...) Well, some ISPs around my area at least go over a satellite link. If someone tries to trace the route, they will most often see me as coming from the satellite (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: LUGNET Memberships
 
(...) 36^6 is about equal to 2^31. Maybe it was typical 5-character pw's that resulted in 24-26 bits of true information...I don't remember for sure, it was many months ago. OK, yes, <calculator poking> 36^5 is about equal to 2^26. Also, IIRC, I (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general)


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