Re: less secure login

2009-04-30 Thread s. keeling
David Jardine : > When logging into a console under squeeze, a false user name is now > rejected immediately. Up to recently there was no reaction to a > false user name until the password had been entered. > > Although I personally find the new behaviour more convenient, it > seems to me

Re: less secure login

2009-04-30 Thread David Jardine
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:10:41PM +0100, Christian Koerner wrote: > David Jardine wrote: >> When logging into a console under squeeze, a false user name is now >> rejected immediately. Up to recently there was no reaction to a false >> user name until the password had been entered. >> >> Althoug

Re: less secure login

2009-04-30 Thread Christian Koerner
David Jardine wrote: When logging into a console under squeeze, a false user name is now rejected immediately. Up to recently there was no reaction to a false user name until the password had been entered. Although I personally find the new behaviour more convenient, it seems to me less secu

less secure login

2009-04-30 Thread David Jardine
When logging into a console under squeeze, a false user name is now rejected immediately. Up to recently there was no reaction to a false user name until the password had been entered. Although I personally find the new behaviour more convenient, it seems to me less secure to give an intruder f