It was Bill Joy's password, not Ken Thompson's, that had a control character

Post by mzs » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 7:14 PM UTC

    Second attempt was lower-case with control characters, and succeeded in 
    around 40 minutes.
    
    There's a control character in it ;)
    
    Because of the outpouring of negativity about these disclosures, I am 
    reluctant to post the actual password without the user's consent, since 
    he's still alive. If anyone knows Bill, and can contact him, please ask 
    for permission.

Post by AceJohnny2 » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 7:19 PM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #6

EamonnMR wrote: post #5

So much interesting content is locked in these oldschool mailing lists, how does a modern-day web user get into them?

Like the rest of us, get browsing! https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/ Might as well add a disclaimer: back in the days, in order to find the gold nuggets on the web, you had to shift through shit. A lot of shit. But then once in a while, you find those little nuggets that made the whole shit-shifting worthwhile. Useful exercise in patience for beginner webbers maybe.

Post by awgm » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 7:45 PM UTC

AceJohnny2 wrote: post #13

capableweb wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like the rest of us, get browsing! https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/ Might as well add a disclaimer: back in the days, in order to find the gold nuggets on the web, you had to shift through shit. A lot of shit. But then once in a while, you find those little nuggets that made the whole shit-shifting worthwhile. Useful exercise in patience for beginner webbers maybe.

> back in the days, in order to find the gold nuggets on the web, you had to shift through shit. "back in the day"? Edit: no, I meant, it hasn't changed since then. Sturgeon's Law still applies today.

Post by js2 » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 8:01 PM UTC

tedunangst wrote: post #12

papln wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could be simplified to "Bill Joy's password had a control character", since no one had announced a thought that Ken's password had one, so the misdirection is pointless distraction.

https://twitter.com/TychoTithonus/status/1185211446537273344

Post by capableweb » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 8:03 PM UTC

AceJohnny2 wrote: post #13

capableweb wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like the rest of us, get browsing! https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/ Might as well add a disclaimer: back in the days, in order to find the gold nuggets on the web, you had to shift through shit. A lot of shit. But then once in a while, you find those little nuggets that made the whole shit-shifting worthwhile. Useful exercise in patience for beginner webbers maybe.

> back in the days, in order to find the gold nuggets on the web, you had to shift through shit. "back in the day"? Edit: no, I meant, it hasn't changed since then. Sturgeon's Law still applies today.