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Date:      Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:08:50 -0600
From:      Michael Ekstrand <michael@elehack.net>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: OPIE considered insecure
Message-ID:  <87sklwiptp.fsf@jehiel.elehack.net>
References:  <20090302021415.GU5602@noncombatant.org>

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Chris Palmer <chris@noncombatant.org> writes:
> Rich Healey writes:
>> I'm thinking about implementing OPIE, but after reading this I'm not so
>> sure. What's consensus on the best approach to one time logins?
>
> Why are people logging into their remote servers from assumed-untrustworthy
> clients at all?

Simple use case: checking e-mail from the library/Internet
cafe/relative's house.  With Mutt or Gnus.

- Michael

-- 
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