in reply to (Ovid)Re: (ichimunki) Re: Too Convenient Security?
in thread Too Convenient Security?

just an aside...

i wonder if locking an account after 7 incorrect passwords is that good an idea. if i could guess someone's username, i could just go type it in with random passwords 7 times and effectively DOS them.

anders pearson

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Re: Re: (Ovid)Re: (ichimunki) Re: Too Convenient Security?
by cforde (Monk) on Jan 09, 2002 at 02:37 UTC
    It's a better idea than letting you run your favourite password guesser on the accounts of your choice. Most places I've worked lock the account after 3 failed attempts.

    ps. guessing someone's username generally isn't hard.

    Have fun,
    Carl Forde

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Re: Re: (Ovid)Re: (ichimunki) Re: Too Convenient Security?
by jepri (Parson) on Jan 09, 2002 at 16:31 UTC
    We used to do this to people we didn't like. Wait till they went to lunch, then lock them out of their terminal :)

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