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:
>
>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???
>
>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