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Message-ID: <1093527678.3529.8.camel@debiancornet.msdnet.de>
From: holle at ackw.de (Richard Verwayen)
Subject: !SPAM! Automated ssh scanning
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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