dealing with dictionary attacks

[Drew Marshall]

On 9 Mar 2007, at 22:19, Res wrote:

>> I feel quite safe saying this publicly as he will be very busy  
>> patching all those 'Bendmail' boxes with Steve's patch to prevent  
>> swapping, while checking
>
> jez Drewy, get it right its enshrined as rendmaul, if you go  
> changing it now Glenn might sue you for patent violation lol.

Oops, sorry ;-) rendmaul it is. Dictionary duly updated

>
>
>> his lock type and patching against the next security hole :-)
>
> can't remember the last security hole we had :)
> and postmix users wouldnt know if they had security holes, they are  
> not put in the changelog, they are called " new additions" to  
> disguise it :D

I think you will find these things are called 'features'. Some  
features are worth shouting about and others are best removed/ hidden  
at a later date (and I have heard that some can cause swapping but  
let's not go back there :-) )

Drew

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