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Re: Linux OpenExchange - cleartext rootpw in swap
From: Joshua Goodall (joshua
myinternet.com.au)
Date: Fri Sep 03 2004 - 01:02:26 CDT
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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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