Finding Passwords

Paul Johnson paj at mrcu
Fri Oct 5 19:03:19 AEST 1990


Sorry, forgot to talk about trusted paths in my previous message.

If you are worried about physical line security then use encryption.
There are ways in which your terminal and computer can authenticate
each other.  If you are using a public terminal then you need a smart
card device to provide keys.
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