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On Sat, 30 Sep 1995, Mike A Lyons wrote:
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> >From: Robert Hanson <roberth@cet.cet.com>
>
> >i said programable LOGIN name... other than "!root".... "if" they dont know
> >what to logon as then hey... your home free... password are supplemental
> >and "of course" necessary after the fact of initiating a login...
>
> The original concern was with sniffed passwords, I seem to recall. In
> this case, using a longer password (which is, as was pointed out,
> functionally equivalent to concealing the login name as well) wouldn't
> help because they'd just sniff that, too.
>