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Subject: Re: [9fans] plain passwords and keyfs
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:06:16 -0700
From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com>
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>> it is in plain text because it's hard to say which
>> particular scrambling algorithm, if any,
>> will be used to talk to those other systems.
>
> 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.
>
> The problem comes from the naivete of IT standards bodies about matters of
> authority. City Hall must be behind the standards, and must see that they
> are enforced.
>
> Wes Kussmaul

Physically secure the console.