smith@sctc.com (Rick Smith) (03/28/91)
mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes: > This dictionary-attack newbie stuff is about IBM-PC BBS-weenie >level. Sure, it works, but it's nauseatingly amateurish. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ Ugh. This type of comment is nauseatingly amateurish. And rude. I don't like comments that choke off honest questions. Dictionary attacks may lack "glamour" somehow, but they _are_ effective on many systems. And it's clear from other comments in this thread that they aren't as well understood as security types might wish.