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SSH hits the fan for Unix admins

  • 24-07-2001 2:04pm
    #1
    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,693 ✭✭✭


    if you have passwords of two letters you deserve to get hacked smile.gif


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  • #2
    MiCr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭MiCr0


    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Some of the systems that include default two-character passwords </font>
    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">it's been discovered that accounts with password fields consisting of two or fewer characters can be compromised using any password, including an empty password</font>

    it gets worse


  • #3
    Kev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 286 ✭✭Kev


    only ssh (ssh.com) is affected not openssh
    Mr. Chuffy


  • #4
    MiCr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭MiCr0


    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/20594.html


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