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Old 03-01-2007, 09:14 AM
Volker Birk
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Default Re: Advice for minimal password security on an open source app

Dan Cooperstock <dcoops@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> That's a very good question, Volker. I think realistically all I can hope is that it protects
> against unauthorized people who happen to have physical access to the computer on which
> my program has been installed getting into my program. Not people who are determined to
> get in, and have serious technical expertise, but just casually interested people, probably
> other staff or volunteers for the charity using my program.


I fear, that this will not work. One person will find out how to ignore
your security-by-obscurity concept, the others just will copy.

Yours,
VB.
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