On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 16:09, Stanley A. Schultz wrote: > WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE THINKING? > WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOUR BRAINS ANYWAY?
Wow, first ever post you make to the list starts off with ad hominem attacks. What a way to make friends. </sarcasm> > > ... If you have questions, problems, comments, etc, send them to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks! Um, this is not [EMAIL PROTECTED], by the way. > > Passwords for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > List Password // URL > > ---- -------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] XXXXXXX > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/options/trilug/schultz%40ucalgary.ca > > I have grave doubts about the sanity of any list owners/administrators who > periodically, predictably broadcast, or allow to be broadcast, their > members' passwords for any reason! First of all, this is extremely common. A vast number, if not the majority of lists, in the free/open source software world, like GNU Mailman, do this. The reason is that the list password is intended as "convenience" password, to keep out spammers and pranksters. It is in no way meant to be a highly secure item, and mailman even warns of that: Do not use a valuable password as it will occasionally be emailed back to you in cleartext. Have you never before been on a list run by GNU Mailman before? What was unclear about that message at the box when you typed in your password? > Who in Hell needs Microsoft's security holes when we have lists that do > this? This isn't worth of reply, sorry. > Stan Schultz > Marguerite Schultz > 4411 Edmonton Trail. NE > Calgary, Alberta T2E 3V7 > CANADA > > Phone (days): (403) 220-8570 (Leave message.) > Phone (eves): (403) 230-1911 (Leave message.) > Phone (cell): (403) 667-6697 (Forget it! It's never on!) > FAX (24 hrs): (403) 270-8928 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~schultz/ > What a .sig. Don't you consider it a MASSIVE SECURITY BREACH to include all of your contact information like that? *sigh* I was going to suggest that we meet for lunch to discuss this, but unless you're planning a jaunt down from Canada, it seems like that might be less than convenient for you. Oh well. --Jeremy -- /---------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Jeremy Portzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] trilug.org/~jeremy | | GPG Fingerprint: 712D 77C7 AB2D 2130 989F E135 6F9F F7BC CC1A 7B92 | \---------------------------------------------------------------------/
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