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From: loodvrij@cyb.fred.com (Bruce 'Loodvrij' Keeler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Delivery Report (
Message-ID: <CBzCsH.55@cyb.fred.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1993 00:16:50 GMT
References: <AA04243.9308172236.Victoria@uk.ac.city>
Organization: Cacophonous Yodellers' BBS (907) 338-4942 7-E-1
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In article <AA04243.9308172236.Victoria@uk.ac.city> B.Jauregui@city.ac.uk writes:
> 
> 
>Hello all ...
> 
> 	I'm running PPP on a 386bsd machine, and I am getting the following
>output after connection. I would be *exceedingly* grateful if anyone
>could tell me what this means, and how I can get round it. The other
>end is a commercial PPP supplier for internet connections, so I can
>presume their end is okay.
>
What this means is that you've compromised your security by broadcasting your
login and password on the ppp server to the world.

>Thank you very much

No problem.
>
>Tony Jewell
>CityScape

Bruce
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