Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Ghislain Bourgeois <ghislain.bourgeois@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] Should I change my password?
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:44:56
Message-Id: ad7301b90602170834h50ca263nc48010fe8f6c8c1b@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-security] Should I change my password? by "J.A."
1 If you have a doubt that your server has been compromised, not only you
2 should change your password, but you should reinstall the server from
3 scratch and known good backups.
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5 My root password is a small word.
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8 Not a good thing... make it a long password with different characters (alpha
9 numeric + special characters).
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12 Ghislain Bourgeois
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