From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4f6b19a7115d6e27ab3e44d8fcbca9b7@plan9.ucalgary.ca> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] plain passwords and keyfs Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:47:21 -0600 From: andrey mirtchovski In-Reply-To: <077201c470d2$f4db1ca0$6c00a8c0@thear43is36b75> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: c55f434e-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > Imagine if we were discussing a building, and the building codes specified > that since physical key standards vary, all entrances would have doormats > under which one could find a key that opens the door. > buildings generally have a residential manager who has the master key to every apartment. in their case that's either gorka or nemo, not everybody (as would be the case in your doormat analogy. we're talking about a rental property after all. :)