Thanks for the explanation! On 11/15/06, Jeff Owens <[email protected]> wrote: > > The reason for passwords is security. The password scheme used by > Rootsweb has more security than a system that allows users to pick their > own. > > An attack on Rootsweb servers by hackers could prove disastrous. This > could happen if passwords themselves were not sufficiently difficult to > be hacked, and then used for access. > > This is the situation with all passwords. The question for hackers is > why attack and what will be the result? Rootsweb has huge mailing lists > and massive amounts of storage that can be compromised for whatever evil > motives these hackers seem to have. Beyond that, there are many > numerous technical explanations for password schemes. One should be > satisfied that Rootsweb feels the resource they provide is valuable, and > probably significantly irreplacable, and chooses to employ tight security. > > Jeff Owens >