Re: Re: pgp passphrase

[Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>]

--On Monday, March 22, 2004 4:03 PM -0800 Denis Dimick <denis () dimick net> 
wrote:

> Most smart users.. Ok start the laughing now.. Have a passcode for their
> keys..
>
> :)
No, really????

And if I 0wn your box, do you not think that my keylogger can get your 
passcode?  Good grief!  If the box is hacked, I can get any information I 
need from you to screw you up further.  Passcodes or anything else you have 
*or* type are trivial to obtain once I have root on the box.

I'm a bit surprised that I have to point this out.

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu

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