20 Jul
2023
20 Jul
'23
1:07 p.m.
On Jul 19, 2023, at 10:35 PM, Murray McCullough via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Maybe this note is off topic but I don't think so: The death of Kevin
Mitnick. His book "Ghost in the Wire" is a classic. Too bad he was a
criminal!
I remember when we in RSTS/E development were at the receiving end of his attacks. That
would have been 1982 or thereabouts. We introduced a time-based second key system,
somewhat like the later cryptographic tokens, to keep him out.
paul