On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 01:20:32PM -0800, Michal Zalewski wrote: > >> this is only true for remote attackers hitting network service auth. > > Mhmm, and runas, su et al couldn't benefit from this? > > Not a whole lot. You can likely tell a successful login from a failed > one within several miliseconds by watching /proc or so.
I'd agree that remote auth obviously benefits more; but I'm not sure that an implementation issue entirely invalidates the point. Also, IIRC you can just ^C back to the shell instead of waiting on su to timeout. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
