RE: Security WAS RE: [HACKERS] Updated TODO list

On 16-Jul-99 Ansley, Michael wrote:
> I think the point is that you wouldn't, but the most important part is to
> get it off the wire. Let someone do that first, and then worry about what
> the administrator can see. One would hope that your administrator is more
> trustworthy than joe hacker out on the network.
>
>
>>> Why would you want to make it visible to anyone?
>>>
>>> Vince.
>
> As a user, I would be extremely concerned if I knew that my password was
> fairly transparent on the network, but less so if I knew that the wire was
> safe, although my admin could see it. First prize would, of course, be
> total secrecy.

But you can use something like ssh to take care of the wire. It's alot
better than the method used by browsers for login and password.

Vince.
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