Really! I'm almost always 10+ characters nowadays. --Jerald <p>On 24 Jul 2001 12:55:04 -0500, Dustin Puryear wrote: <em>> who in the world is using 2-character or less passwords? <em>> <em>> john beamon wrote: <em>> <em>> > I blew a gut when I read this. <em>> > <em>> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/20594.html <em>> > "SSH Hits The Fan For Unix Admins" <em>> > <em>> > Apparently, there's a "gaping security hole" in SSH whereby passwords of <em>> > two or fewer characters can be very easily compromised. Well then, guess <em>> > I need to go change all my rewt paswerds before I get 0WN3D by some 'leet <em>> > cracker. <em>> > <em>> > Also, OpenSSH does not appear to be affected with this vulnerability. Go <em>> > figger. <em>> > <em>> > <em>> <em>> <em>> -- <em>> Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <em>> http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear <em>> In the beginning the Universe was created. <em>> This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams <em>> <em>> ================================================ <em>> BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>> Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> your subscription information. <em>> ================================================ <p>================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================ <!-- body="end" --> <hr noshade> <ul> <li><strong>Next message:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] theregister: SSH "vulnerability"" <li><strong>Previous message:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] theregister: SSH "vulnerability"" <li><strong>In reply to:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] theregister: SSH "vulnerability"" <li><strong>Next in thread:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] theregister: SSH "vulnerability"" <li><strong>Reply:</strong> Dustin Puryear: "Re: [brluglist] theregister: SSH "vulnerability"" <li><strong>Messages sorted by:</strong> [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ] </ul> <hr noshade>
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