Fri, 8 Sep 89 14:41:04 CDT
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On Fri, 8 Sep 89 14:21:34 EDT Michael R. Gettes said:
>Along the lines of passwords -- I would like to make another suggestion:
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>Passwords should not be required at all! If someone wants to AFD to a file
>they should not need a password unless it has been explicitly stated so, in
>some fashion, that this is a file that needs a password. It could be a FAC
>that begins with a $ or something like that -- the big problem is that as time
>goes on -- how do you get rid of the ever growing password file???
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>So, in short, things should be the inverse of the way they are now. I do
>believe it is different -- but easier.
Once again, I strongly agree with Michael. I've never quite understood
why the need for a password. If someone fakes my name on an AFD, what's
the worst that can happen? I get a flood of files I don't want and have
to discard seems to be the worst I can figure out. (Anyone who can
pull them out of my reader probably has enough privileges to do more
than that do me.)
Richard
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