[TriLUG] MASSIVE SECURITY BREACH

[John Broome]

Stanley A. Schultz wrote:

> WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE THINKING? WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOUR BRAINS ANYWAY?

> 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!



Hi, welcome to the internet.  We hope your stay here is enjoyable and 
prosperous.

On the triLUG mailman signup page, and pretty much every mailing list 
page i've signed up on has the following disclaimer on it under the 
password field:

"You may enter a privacy password below. This provides only mild 
security, but should prevent others from messing with your subscription. 
Do not use a valuable password as it will *occasionally be emailed back 
to you in cleartext*."

> Who in Hell needs Microsoft's security holes when we have lists that do
> this?


You wouldn't be one of those people who use a valuable password for a 
mail list would you?

Like the MS problems, it seems that your mailman paranoia can be solved 
by educating the users or simply, RTFM.

>  Peace, health, wisdom and wealth.
>  Live long and prosper.


Nice .sig, last time I read something that long Tolstoy wrote it.