[net.unix-wizards] Politically Viable Solution

perelgut@utcsrgv.UUCP (Stephen Perelgut) (08/19/84)

<Isn't this bug dead yet?>

If you are really concerned about people choosing passwords that can
be found in "dict", then why don't you fix passwd to check the given
word against the dictionary and reject it if it matches.  That way
the passwords aren't random and "bad" passwords are prevented.
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Stephen Perelgut   
	    Computer Systems Research Institute    University of Toronto
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