Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1986 mails)

[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

G T Smith wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
> > >
> > Here's my original comment about not using password:
>
> > > One thing you can do, to stop dictionary attacks, is use a key, rather
> > > than password for access.  No amount of password guessing will get
> > > through if no passwords are accepted.
> > If he didn't know about the keys, all he had to do was ask.
>
>
> Hmm... that particular message did not get to me until well after
> afterwards, Maybe should of held fire a little bit...  I am  noticing
> recently that I am getting some responses turning up before the
> original..., which makes for some interesting reading on occasions,
> especially when bits have been edited out...
Yep, as I mentioned before, people should wait until a message is
posted, before they respond to it.  ;-)

Actually, while sometimes it's mail delay that causes it, on many
occasions, it appears that way because someone's clock is wrong, so that
if you're reading some time later, the reply appears to have been posted
before the original message.

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