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Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 16:02:26 +1000
From: Joshua Goodall <joshua@...nternet.com.au>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Linux OpenExchange - cleartext rootpw in swap
On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 04:48 am, Rainer Duffner wrote:
> Well, if the server is "rooted", as you like to put it, there's
> little point in gaining the root-password anyway, isn't it ?
Use your imagination. People frequently reuse passwords on other
machines. Even root passwords.
Joshua
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Joshua Goodall <joshua@...nternet.com.au>
Solutions Architect / Principal Security Architect
myinternet Limited.
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