From owner-freebsd-security Sat Feb 15 17:29:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA02640 for security-outgoing; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 17:29:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (root@agora.rdrop.com [199.2.210.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA02635 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 17:29:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by agora.rdrop.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #17) id m0vvvPU-0008zXC; Sat, 15 Feb 97 17:28 PST Message-Id: From: batie@agora.rdrop.com (Alan Batie) Subject: Re: changing password... To: bit@signature.nl (Bart Smit) Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 17:28:56 -0800 (PST) Cc: ben@narcissus.ml.org, security@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19970215233120.09df75f2@pollux.or.signature.nl> from "Bart Smit" at Feb 15, 97 11:31:20 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-security@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Example: to change my my password securely when I had to log in from another > location. How did you get logged in in the first place? Either you're using something like ssh and it's all secure, or you're logging in in the clear, and you open it up regardless. If users can do it, I'll spend my time fixing their passwords after they break them... -- Alan Batie ______ It's not my fault! It's some guy batie@agora.rdrop.com \ / named "General Protection"! +1 503 452-0960 \ / --Ratbert PGP FP: DE 3C 29 17 C0 49 \/ 7A 27 40 A5 3C 37 4A DA 52 B9 It is my policy to avoid purchase of any products from companies which use unrequested email advertisements or telephone solicitation.