EGRETLURES wrote:
>
> I posted a while ago about Netscape sending my ISP password out when I
> rolled the wheel on the MS Intellmouse. I did restart Netscape and the
> same thing happened. The system sat idle, offline for two hours. KDE was
> still active when I redialed and activated Netscape. It loaded from disk
> this time whereas the previous restart was from memory.
> I cannot get this to repeat again. Has anyone else experienced
> anything similar? The passing of the password does cause some concern.
>
>I have just noticed a strange occurance that tries to locate a server
>with the name of my ISP password.
>SuSE 5.3 and Netscape 4.5 as user. It just happening that I spun the
>wheel on the mouse out of habit on Netscape and it began a search for an
>url. The error message came back that it could not locate server
>(password) try again.
>I ended Netscape and restarted and experienced the same thing. On one
>occasion an url came up that was a Netscape site with the password in
>lowercase appended to the end.
>It would seem that this is a security violation. I am curious if this is
>occuring on anyone elses installation.
Ah, nothing to worry about... just a malfuctioning trojan. :-(
Seriously, this should be a big concern, because alot of us
jumped off the MS ship because of bad security, and we
may be under illusions about the security of linux.
I don't know what to say except I had a similar experience which
has really got me wondering.
I was going thru the headers in news:alt.2600 a while
ago, and my root password was CAPITALIZED in one of the headers.
It was as if someone did it to taunt me.
I shook it off to coincidence, after all, alot of our brains work alike,
and choosing certain words, could be coincidental.... but this
also had an underscore in it. Then I was going thru the Suse website,
and they recommended NOT using Netscape for mail, as a security
risk. Then another user said there was a fix for it. Who do
you believe?
So, I've heard that it should be standard procedure to change
your password at least once a month. Keep mixing it up. By the
time one of your passwords get cracked, you've changed it anyways.
This is all making for a great chapter in my new "spy novel".
I working on a portable "tempest screen" made of half-inch EMT
conduit, and aluminized space blankets.
My big corncern is someone told me it is against the federal
law to build a "tempest screen". :-(
That really makes me wonder...................
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