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Subject: RE: Novell passwords (was Re: your mail)
From: Duke Walls <admin @ hsa . com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 95 13:27:00 PST
To: "'firewalls'" <firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM>
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From: Duke Walls
To: lavondes
Subject: RE: Novell passwords (was Re: your mail)
Date: Friday, February 24, 1995 1:09PM

> I will refrain to comment on the second part of your message, it's just
> not worth it.

Sorry you were offended.  Pardonnez moi beaucoup.

> As to the first, sorry, but you're dead wrong. IPX is as
> vulnerable as IP, if not more, to adress spoofing. Just because there is
> no IPX internet and the security holes can't be seen doesn't mean they're
> not there.

There IS an IPX internetwork--at least that's what my cisco routers tell me 
(grin).  And if the ciscos are set up to filter anything not from their 
little chunk of the LAN, spoofing doesn't work (famous last words).

> Remember, it's not a question of whether you should be
> paranoid or not, it's a question of whether you're paranoid enough.

As for being paranoid enough, I'm not sure you can be.  Thanks for keeping 
me honest (merci).

BTW, I _ love_ your tagline.  So few native speakers of Englese could have 
put it so succinctly.

  --  Duke Walls
        dwalls @
 hsa .
 com
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