Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 21:54:57 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Hagan <dhagan@acm.vt.edu> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: security-digest V4 #181 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9811122152280.22834-100000@cowpie.acm.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <199811130006.QAA16645@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, security-digest wrote: > From: Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org> > Subject: Re: Intruder Lockout [snip] > right either :). Besides which, suppose someone enters the wrong password > in the POP or IMAP mail reader -- it may retry the connection several > times (if set to check mail often) before the user notices, and lockout > can occur quickly in that kind of situation. [snip] Having been suckered into part-time WinNT administration, I can confirm this. We have users who print through our servers from Win95 boxes. When they put the wrong password in (to access the domain resources), the Win95 boxes bang on the domain until the account gets locked out and I have to clear it. What a pain in the butt. Daniel -- Daniel Hagan http://www.acm.vt.edu/~dhagan/ Head Admin dhagan@acm.vt.edu PGP 2.6.2 encouraged ACM at VT "The world is coming to an end. Please log off." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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