Joerg Schilling wrote: > Giving any kind of information about known user names is considered a > security > risk since aprox. 35 years on UNIX.
Depends on site security policy - it's in the same area as deciding whether or
not to allow fingerd to run to allow remote user name queries. It's not always
bad or forbidden, just an option some sites will want and others will not.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
