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  Re: Security?
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: Security?
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: Home Networks
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: Security?
 
(...) 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)
 
  Re: Home Networks
 
(...) 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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