Return-Path: owner-new-httpd Received: by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.12/8.6.5) id PAA23785; Mon, 10 Jul 1995 15:23:00 -0700 Received: from ooo.lanl.gov by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.12/8.6.5) with ESMTP id PAA23780; Mon, 10 Jul 1995 15:22:58 -0700 Received: by ooo.lanl.gov (1.37.109.16/16.2) id AA029634942; Mon, 10 Jul 1995 16:22:22 -0600 From: Rob Hartill Message-Id: <199507102222.AA029634942@ooo.lanl.gov> Subject: Re: authentication algorithm To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com Date: Mon, 10 Jul 95 16:22:22 MDT In-Reply-To: <199507102215.AA029384546@ooo.lanl.gov>; from "Rob Hartill" at Jul 10, 95 4:15 pm X-Organization: Theoretical Division, T-8. Los Alamos National Laboratory X-Snail: LANL Theoretical Divi' T-8, MS B285, P.O Box 1663, Los Alamos NM 87545 X-Marks-The-Spot: Doh ! X-Url: http://nqcd.lanl.gov/~hartill/ X-Cessive-Use-Of-Headers: check Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Sender: owner-new-httpd@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org Also, the cgi-scripts we use will check that the username matches the paper number - so knowing another name/password pair won't be a loophole others could use. rob