Re: Linux OpenExchange - cleartext rootpw in swap

From: Joshua Goodall (joshua_at_myinternet.com.au)
Date: 09/03/04

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Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 16:02:26 +1000

    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@myinternet.com.au>
Solutions Architect / Principal Security Architect
myinternet Limited.

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