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  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: 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)

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