From: J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 93 20:34:50 PST
To: arthurc@crl.com (Arthur Chandler)
Subject: Re: Your mother's maiden name
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According to Arthur Chandler:
> 
>  But I've always wondered just how secure this "password" is. Recalling 
> Eric Hughes statement that "cryptography is all economics," and 
> realizing that someone with an unlimited budget could probably scrounge 
> that info after some effort -- just how much effort would it take? And 
> how secure is "mom's maiden name" as a password for obtaining sensitive 
> information over the phone?

You mean you told them your mother's REAL maiden name?  Bummer. ;^)

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