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Date: Thu,  5 Feb 2009 09:38:30 -0800
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Some arithmetic [was: Re: Sources Gone?]
From: Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>
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Even if venti scores are completely unguessable,
using them as an authentication mechanism
is a mistake, because you can't change them.
It would be like having a fixed, unchangeable password
assigned to your account: once the password leaked
out into the world, one way or another, you'd have
no way to stop anyone on the internet from masquerading
as you or telling the password to others.

http://www.google.com/search?q="09+f9"

Russ