random passwords (was Re: Worm...)

[Jim Waters]

In article <147 at minya.UUCP> jc at minya.UUCP (John Chambers) writes:
>No need to wrack your brain thinking about this; just get an account
>at any bank with an ATM.  I've yet to hear of one that uses a password
>(i.e., a PIN) that is more than a 4-digit number.  Some banks even

>[Any errors in the above are due to failures in the logic of the keyboard,
>not in the fingers that did the typing.]

Actually, I have a 7 digid "secret number," and I believe that 9 is the limit.
We go to the bank to choose them, so no one else ever sees the number.

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What's that?  Don't I have anything really profound to say here . . . Nope.