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On 8/26/05, Fernando Meira <fmeira@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> You're lacking optimism... Of course the brute-force attack was not |
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> supposed to be done remotely! You can pull passwd to your local machine and |
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> the let your computer handle it without interruptions. If some proprieties |
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> of the password are known beforehand, then sooner would be a matter of hours |
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> and later a couple of days. This is not even putting into the game some |
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> distributed computing... |
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True, but if you use shadow to store your passwords your in much better |
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shape since the average hacker can't get a hold of the root owned shadow |
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file. |
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-Mike |
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Michael E. Crute |
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Software Developer |
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SoftGroup Development Corporation |
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Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware. |
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"In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?" |
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