[CentOS] Server Hacked: Cpanel

Rodrigo Barbosa rodrigob at darkover.org
Wed Aug 9 20:00:22 UTC 2006


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On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 03:19:23PM -0400, William L. Maltby wrote:
> > the 3rd being:
> > 
> > - - Challenge/Response
> 
> HA! I remember this from before I got cable access. While futilely
> hoping the telco would get DSL out here in the sticks, I did dial to my
> ISP. Auth was either PAP or CHAP. IIRC, ISP preferred CHAP and that's
> what we did (PtoP).

Having to stop the passwords on plaintext (on the ISP side) always makes
me raise an eyebrow toward any place that offers CHAP as authentication.
Then again, I always use different passwords everywhere, so that is not
usually a big issue.

- -- 
Rodrigo Barbosa
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)

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