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Subject: RE: ISP Connection
From: "Norman Widders" <winspace @ geko . net . au>
Organization: WCE Consulting
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 12:45:43 +1000 GMT
To: <firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM>
Reply-to: <winspace @ geko . net . au>

A certain ISP has set it so you can not change your password
using the passwd command.

One has to make a phone call to them everytime you want to 
change it. My concern is what is there to prevent eavesdropping 
when saying the password over the telephone. Do any other
ISP's practice this worrying method ?

What do you think, is this a safe practice for the ISP
to be employing ?

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