who in the world is using 2-character or less passwords? john beamon wrote: <em>> I blew a gut when I read this. <em>> <em>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/20594.html <em>> "SSH Hits The Fan For Unix Admins" <em>> <em>> Apparently, there's a "gaping security hole" in SSH whereby passwords of <em>> two or fewer characters can be very easily compromised. Well then, guess <em>> I need to go change all my rewt paswerds before I get 0WN3D by some 'leet <em>> cracker. <em>> <em>> Also, OpenSSH does not appear to be affected with this vulnerability. Go <em>> figger. <em>> <em>> <p> -- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
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