On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 12:18:15PM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> 
> So, where is the practical difference between an unknown token
> (password) and an unknown token (url)?
> 

A little out of my depth here, but I would think a portscan of IP addr
space for, say, Cox with attacks on any responses to 80 would be a lot
easier and would bear more fruit than dictionary attacks on passwords,
even for weak (i.e., in the dictionary) passwords. And that's assuming
you respond to ping.

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