Re: [NTSEC] Plaintext passwords exist in registry (fwd)

[Tim May <tcmay@got.net>]

At 4:45 PM -0400 5/28/97, Ray Arachelian wrote:

>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 09:17:53 -0700
>From: Bill Stout <stoutb@pios.com>
>To: PHILIPB@Omnicell.com, chris@auditek.com, ntsecurity@iss.net
>Subject: [NTSEC] Plaintext passwords exist in registry
>
>Most facinating what you find if you look.
>
>The registry does store some passwords in plain text.  The importance of the

I found mine as well:

http://nsa.gov/secure/national-key-recovery-infrastructure/citizens/m/may-timoth
y-c


I had hope that the mandatory voluntary key recovery infrastructure,
mandated by the Secure and Safe Net Act of 1997, would have taken better
care not to place my key in such a visible place.

Jeesh. But our government must know what it's doing, right?

--Tim May


There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws.
Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!"
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