On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 18:01 +1000, Matthew Hannigan wrote:
> When are you going to set the root password? Are you sure
> no-one is going to put a key-logger on the keyboard cable?
> A camera over your shoulder? Trojan /bin/login to mail/store
> the cleartext?
Initially it was setup prior to anyo
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 05:18:34PM +1000, Simon Wong wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 17:11 +1000, Matthew Hannigan wrote:
> > As I don't think anyone is actually able to decrypt
> > to get root's password, the only way is social engineering.
>
> I am 99.9% sure but I'm still very cautious.
>
> > A
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 17:11 +1000, Matthew Hannigan wrote:
> As I don't think anyone is actually able to decrypt
> to get root's password, the only way is social engineering.
I am 99.9% sure but I'm still very cautious.
> And when the prize of a $1000 is worth many months average wages
> in some
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 04:49:06PM +1000, Simon Wong wrote:
> Don't worry Glen, there's absolutely no way that I want ANYONE to be
> able to do this.
>
> That's probably the scariest thing personally, it's a public humiliation
> for myself if someone does it relatively *easily*.
>
> That's why i
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 15:49 +0930, Glen Turner wrote:
> > It's funny how I have this feeling of wanting it to be "fair" for some
> > strange reason yet that is so obviously not want I want either!
>
> Perhaps not the best thing to admit on a public mailing list :-)
Don't worry Glen, there's absol
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 15:38 +0930, Glen Turner wrote:
> Of course, once you've got root access you can change the root password :-)
Good point.
I guess the Rules are that you have to provide the original password.
It's funny how I have this feeling of wanting it to be "fair" for some
strange rea
Simon Bowden wrote:
Getting the root password itself is quite separate from getting root
access (unless you've not cleaned up after that ubuntu bug which leaves
it cleartext). Unless someone is regularly keying in the root password
and they're capturing that somehow, then they'll need to break
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 13:31 +1000, Simon Bowden wrote:
> Getting the root password itself is quite separate from getting root
> access (unless you've not cleaned up after that ubuntu bug which leaves it
I know. I guess it should be an "impossible" task since he doesn't want
to give away the mon
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Simon Wong wrote:
* They have to open a file only readable by root and report back
the contents plus the root password plus the method of attack
Getting the root password itself is quite separate from getting root
access (unless you've not cleaned up after tha
isn't this more slug-chat?
anyway, i would like to see this, as well as ubuntu vs openbsd
Dean
Simon Wong wrote:
I have setup an Internet Cafe for a mate of mine in a far away land.
In what seems like a nightmare I haven't woken up from yet, he is
proposing a crazy marketing stunt to pull in
I have setup an Internet Cafe for a mate of mine in a far away land.
In what seems like a nightmare I haven't woken up from yet, he is
proposing a crazy marketing stunt to pull in people to the Cafe. A
$1000 reward for obtaining the root password off one of the PC
terminals!
I don't even want to
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