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4 May
Oops! Password Security

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Mon,  4 May 98 14:06:19 -0700
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Subject: Oops!  Password Security

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From: "Kevin 'Bob' Fu" <fubob@mit.edu>

Lecturers often give computer demos during large lectures.  One lecturer
recently muttered this while logging in to our campus-wide system:

Lecturer: "Wrong password? ... Hm, ... oh!  Wrong daughter."

© 1998 Peter Langston