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RE: !SPAM! Automated ssh scanning


From: Richard Verwayen <holle () ackw de>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:41:18 +0200

On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 15:12, Todd Towles wrote:
 The kernel could be save. But with weak passwords, you are toast. Any
automated tool would test guest/guest. 

Hello Todd!

You are right about the passwords, but guest is only a unprivileged
account as you may have on many prodruction machines. But they managed
to become root on this machine due to a kernel(?) exploit!
Should I then consider any woody system to be insecure to let people
work at?

Richard

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