Back in the days of BBS chat systems, flooding the keyboard buffer with backspaces in a chat session would cause the modem on the other side to disconnect.
-- ME2 On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Phillip Partipilo <[email protected]> wrote: > I remember some old unix of my past days where you could use the backspace > as a character for your password. > > > > Phillip Partipilo > Parametric Solutions Inc. > Jupiter, Florida > (561) 747-6107 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 4:10 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords > > > > Got you beat, Lovepuppy and Unix_God > > -----Original Message----- > From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 4:01 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Special characters in passwords > > Don't laugh! I used to have a user whose password was 77777 > > > Murray > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:18 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Special characters in passwords > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Asterisks work just fine, actually. > > I noticed that most people's passwords are ******. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ********************************************************************** > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is > intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may > contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, > retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons > or > entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received > this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this > document. Thank you. > Butler Animal Health Supply > ********************************************************************** > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > -- > If this email is spam, report it here: > > http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6OTY3MTc0NTMyOn > BqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D > > > THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND > PROPRIETARY > PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE > ADDRESSEE > ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS > MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. > IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE > SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS > MESSAGE > WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. > > > > THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL > AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS > INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, > COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. > IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY > NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT > FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
