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| (...) This statement is coming from an individual who forgets passwords that must be changed every 30 days.[1] Aren't most passwords acquired through human engineering anyway? Chris 1. Now, I ask someone else to do the stuff on the system that (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I suspect that lockouts after password retries aren't to secure the system, they're to secure the user. Draconian measures tend to reinforce the idea that passwords are _important_, and you should _remember_ them. [0] Oh, and we (system (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) nodnod... just because I'm going stale doesn't mean everyone else needs to :) btw, have you tried the 7.1 betas yet? are they usable? I figure I'll have to get over my 7.0 block and start getting into that... Dan (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) uhh.... have a valid login and remember it's password? ;) or, get your admin to set the lockout to 30 minutes or so, so at least you don't have to bother him every time your forget :P Dan (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Or netfilter/iptables, to keep up with the cutting edge. (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) 8^) I'd figured that "3" had no inherent signficance but was just a standard. (...) Yeah--now how do I get into my system? Dave! (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) because disabling the login (at least for a while) does help defend against brute force attacks. and the number 3 isn't magical in any way - I think a lot of systems have it set for 5, and from what I know, it's always configurable. the admin (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Sure, but what's the point of disabling my system after my own bogus attempts? To date, the only one who's been kept out of my system for that reason is me! I mean, why set "3" as the magic number, if external, high-voulme attacks are the big (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) First of all, a lot of systems don't lock out accounts, just because they are misconfigured, or their admin doesn't realise the danger. Also, remember that most password hacking will occure offline - the intruder will somehow (and there are (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I've read this one, and it's ok, but less focused than most O'Reilly books I've read. still, enough to teach you all you need to know about DNS. :) if you're running linux, another thing you should take a look at is Ipchains, to give your (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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