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Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars

From	Curt <curty@free.fr>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars
Date	2017-12-21 10:20 +0100
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On 2017-12-20, Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> wrote:
>
> On 21/12/17 02:02, Curt wrote:
>> Also, I'm uncertain whether suppression of the asterisk-echo qualifies
>> as "security by obscurity"
>
> I think most people accept that obscurity is quite reasonable for
> passwords ...
>
> Richard
>

Wonderful, Dick, however, I was referring to the specific expression
"security by (or through) obscurity," which denotes something else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity


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Thread

Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars root kea <rootkea@gmail.com> - 2017-12-18 20:40 +0100
  Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars tomas@tuxteam.de - 2017-12-18 21:30 +0100
    Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-12-18 22:30 +0100
    Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars root kea <rootkea@gmail.com> - 2017-12-19 19:00 +0100
      Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars tomas@tuxteam.de - 2017-12-19 19:30 +0100
        Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars root kea <rootkea@gmail.com> - 2017-12-19 20:10 +0100
          Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars tomas@tuxteam.de - 2017-12-19 21:10 +0100
          Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-12-19 22:50 +0100
            Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars root kea <rootkea@gmail.com> - 2017-12-20 12:10 +0100
              Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-12-20 14:10 +0100
                Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2017-12-20 23:40 +0100
                Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-12-21 10:20 +0100
                Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2017-12-22 22:30 +0100
                Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-12-23 00:00 +0100
                Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2017-12-23 14:00 +0100
                Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2017-12-23 14:40 +0100
                Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-12-23 16:20 +0100
                strawman [was: LUKS password gets printed as stars] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-12-23 19:10 +0100
                Re: strawman [was: LUKS password gets printed as stars] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-12-23 20:50 +0100
                Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-12-21 11:50 +0100
                Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-12-21 12:10 +0100
          Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2017-12-19 23:10 +0100
            Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-12-20 08:50 +0100
              Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-12-20 12:00 +0100
                Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-12-20 12:40 +0100

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