RE: !SPAM! Automated ssh scanning

[Ron DuFresne <dufresne () winternet com>]

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Richard Verwayen wrote:

> 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?


If your uasers are not trustable, then they should not have access to
local systems of yours.  Once a person has a shell, then they are 95% to
root.

Thanks,


Ron DuFresne
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