denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten) (03/01/88)
From article <12035@brl-adm.ARPA>, by rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (Root Boy Jim): > It is interesting that people's ideas on security are often wrong. > For example, some people around here think that having different > passwords on different machines provides better security than > using the same one for all machines! It just ain't so. The advantage to having different passwords on different machines is to minimize the spread of damage if someone does find out your password. It's sort of like locking inside doors. Of course, if you have passwordless rlogins, different passwords don't make any difference. -- William C. DenBesten | denbeste@bgsu.edu Dept of Computer Science | CSNET denbeste%andy.bgsu.edu@relay.cs.net Bowling Green State University | UUCP ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!bgsuvax!denbeste Bowling Green, OH 43403-0214 |