On Sun, 26 Jan 2003, gabriel wrote: > > Hi Pilip. root can set a user's passwd to anything you want, but...... > > > > DON'T DO IT !! > > > > Passwords this short are just a waste of the user's time at login. If you > > are going to have them that short you might as well not have any at all. > > > > Cracking 1 letter passwords is so easy it can be done by hand from the > > keyboard. Using any one of the many crack tools available would make > > it practically instantaneous. > > > as an additional question to this > how insecure is a machine with *NO* login software? (ie. there's just a promt > with 'hit enter to activate this console). the machine is properly > firewalled and doesn't allow ANY connections to it from the outside world... > what other areas do i have to lock down in this case?
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