Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-24 Thread Jon Dowland
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:42:53 -0500, Paul Stolp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ./t > ./h2 > rm -rf h2 > k;./brk Has anyone grabbed these and checked to see whats inside them? -- Jon Dowland [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-24 Thread John Summerfield
Greg Folkert wrote: Apparently, the best is to replace crypt based passwords with RSA based, and use longer passwords. Actually, best actual reasonable password is: to not use one I've noticed that using Debian without a root password requires some work. I'm comfortable in _my_ circumstance

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-23 Thread Kirk Strauser
On Thursday 22 July 2004 17:42, Paul Stolp wrote: > See what a weak password will get ya? No. I do, however, see what allowing password logins to an SSH server will get you. I could set my password to "foo" and you still aren't getting in without my RSA key (or Kerberos

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-23 Thread Awais Ahmad
Hi, I haven't caught the start of this thread, but how can you be sure your core utilities have not been altered? Do have a record of how they looked before the crack (a backup, MD5 sums etc, AIDE,Tripwire database)?. IMO, you would really need to examine those binaries on another box against a k

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-23 Thread Paul Stolp
* Monique Y. Mudama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-23 00:04]: > I'd add the suggestion to not use obvious usernames like "guest" ... agree -- I will prob. replace this account name > > Btw, are you 100% sure they never managed to root you and replace some > of your files? I wasn't 100% sure I w

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-23 Thread Tim Connors
Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:44:34 +0200: > On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:24:01PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > > I second that recommendation. I always prefer to have passwords with > > the following features: > > > > Minimum of 8 characters > > At least 1 capital l

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-23 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:24:01PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > I second that recommendation. I always prefer to have passwords with > the following features: > > Minimum of 8 characters > At least 1 capital letter > At least 1 lower case letter > At least 1 number > At least 1 special character

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-23 Thread Justinas
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:04:53 -0400 charlie derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Stolp wrote: > > * dircha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-22 21:48]: > > > >>Scarletdown wrote: > >> > >>>|< == K > >>> > < == X > >>> > >>>|> == P > >>> > >>>Anyone else care to add to this little list? > >> > >>

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 11:02:11PM -0700, Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > on Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:24:01PM -0700, Scarletdown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Paul Stolp wrote: > > I second that recommendation. I always prefer to have passwords with > > the following features: > >

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread Joost De Cock
Quoting "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Incoming from Scarletdown: > > > > An example of a good password (though since I'm posting it here, it can > > no longer be considered good) is: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I disagree. A cracking program is going to attempt to match > permutations of

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:24:01PM -0700, Scarletdown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Paul Stolp wrote: > >I checked in on some bittorrent progress today at lunch, noticed my > >I'm not sure the July 19 log snippet is related, but seems likely. > >Anyways, I've re-downloaded the files the attacker use

Re: cracking - Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread Alvin Oga
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Alvin Oga: > > > > - and hopefully, they don't have the passwd file from /etc/shadow > > to compare against > > Agreed. Once they're in, all bets are off. best to assume they are already in and sniffing .. 24x7 and work knowing

Re: cracking - Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Alvin Oga: > > - and hopefully, they don't have the passwd file from /etc/shadow > to compare against Agreed. Once they're in, all bets are off. Why bother to crack if you can sniff? -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)

cracking - Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread Alvin Oga
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, s. keeling wrote: > > > I disagree. A cracking program is going to attempt to match > > > permutations of dictionary words. This will not add much more time to ... how fast can a cracking system go thru dictionary words that are mispelled with various digits and special

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread Tim Connors
Mathieu Ducharme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:33:48 -0400: > I'm pretty sure dictionary attack also look for this. (?) > > Use other characters that will make the word absolutely not dictionar- related > > x[([EMAIL PROTECTED])~(w0rD)]x > > Still as easy to remember (longer to

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2004-07-22, Paul Stolp penned: > > Anyways, I've re-downloaded the files the attacker used and removed > (for posterity.) I changed all passwords, IP Address, I found the > evidence at about 12:24. Just wanted to share the need for strong > passwords. I'd add the suggestion to not use obvious

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 22:59, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Scarletdown: > > > > An example of a good password (though since I'm posting it here, it can > > no longer be considered good) is: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I disagree. A cracking program is going to attempt to match > permutat

Re: OT: Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Paul Stolp: > * s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-22 22:03]: > > Incoming from Paul Stolp: > > > look for damage, whew, I was O.K. -- I'm sure it helps to be up to date > > ... > > > > How did you manage to verify that? Are you running chkrootki

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread charlie derr
Paul Stolp wrote: * dircha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-22 21:48]: Scarletdown wrote: |< == K < == X |> == P Anyone else care to add to this little list? 0 == O $ == S |-| == H |_| == U |_ == L \/\/ == W /\/\ == M |V| == M |\| == N |-o-| == tie fighter {-o-} == tie interceptor Good plan, I need t

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread Paul Stolp
* Chris Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-22 22:18]: > On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:42:53 -0500 > Paul Stolp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > shutdown -h now ! > > Believe it or not, this is often a bad idea. It's often easier to > determine the scope of a compromise by watching the intrude for a

Re: OT: Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread Paul Stolp
* s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-22 22:03]: > Incoming from Paul Stolp: > > I checked in on some bittorrent progress today at lunch, noticed my > > process monitor showing full activity. Ran top, saw user "guest" logged > > on, running 4 instances of a program named "t", and short term loa

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread Paul Stolp
* dircha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-22 21:48]: > Scarletdown wrote: > >|< == K > > >< == X > >|> == P > > > >Anyone else care to add to this little list? > > 0 == O > $ == S > |-| == H > |_| == U > |_ == L > \/\/ == W > /\/\ == M > |V| == M > |\| == N > |-o-| == tie fighter > {-o-} == tie inter

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Mathieu Ducharme: > On July 22, 2004 10:59 pm, s. keeling wrote: > > Incoming from Scarletdown: > > > An example of a good password (though since I'm posting it here, it can > > > no longer be considered good) is: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I disagree. A cracking program i

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread Mathieu Ducharme
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On July 22, 2004 10:59 pm, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Scarletdown: > > An example of a good password (though since I'm posting it here, it can > > no longer be considered good) is: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I disagree. A cracking program is

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread Chris Metzler
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:42:53 -0500 Paul Stolp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I checked in on some bittorrent progress today at lunch, noticed my > process monitor showing full activity. Ran top, saw user "guest" logged > on, running 4 instances of a program named "t", and short term load > average

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Scarletdown: > > An example of a good password (though since I'm posting it here, it can > no longer be considered good) is: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I disagree. A cracking program is going to attempt to match permutations of dictionary words. This will not add much more time to re

OT: Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Paul Stolp: > I checked in on some bittorrent progress today at lunch, noticed my > process monitor showing full activity. Ran top, saw user "guest" logged > on, running 4 instances of a program named "t", and short term load > average over 4. AAGGGHHH! > shutdown -h now ! > pull

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread dircha
Scarletdown wrote: |< == K >< == X |> == P Anyone else care to add to this little list? 0 == O $ == S |-| == H |_| == U |_ == L \/\/ == W /\/\ == M |V| == M |\| == N |-o-| == tie fighter {-o-} == tie interceptor 8~~ ? 8-) ... ! --dircha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread Scarletdown
Paul Stolp wrote: I checked in on some bittorrent progress today at lunch, noticed my I'm not sure the July 19 log snippet is related, but seems likely. Anyways, I've re-downloaded the files the attacker used and removed (for posterity.) I changed all passwords, IP Address, I found the evidence at

See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-22 Thread Paul Stolp
I checked in on some bittorrent progress today at lunch, noticed my process monitor showing full activity. Ran top, saw user "guest" logged on, running 4 instances of a program named "t", and short term load average over 4. AAGGGHHH! shutdown -h now ! pull network cable reboot look for damage,