Unix userid conventions

[djfiander at watnot.UUCP]

This is not exactly a Unix userid convention, but it does say something
about security and userids:

A _long, long_ time ago I worked for a certain large computer company
(nudge, nudge) in a research facility that they operate in Toronto.
They were so security conscious that I had to use a mag-strip card to get
from my office to the cafeteria, however my userid, and those of everybody
elses on the system, was my last name and my initials (up to a limit of
eight characters, of course).

I don't see how having cryptic userids does anything but make it difficult
to communicate through the obvious medium of electronic mail.

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