5 Feb
2015
5 Feb
'15
3:06 p.m.
On Wed, February 4, 2015 16:55, Warren Young wrote:
On Feb 4, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Lamar Owen lowen@pari.edu wrote:
Again, the real bruteforce danger is when your /etc/shadow is exfiltrated by a security vulnerability
Unless you have misconfigured your system, anyone who can copy /etc/shadow already has root privileges. They do not need to crack your passwords now. You are already boned.
My thought exactly.
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