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    Re: Security? —Dave Schuler
   (...) 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)
   
        Re: Security? —Dan Boger
   (...) 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)
   
        Re: Security? —Dave Schuler
   (...) 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)
   
        Re: Security? —Dan Boger
   (...) 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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