[CentOS] Another Fedora decision

[James B. Byrne]

On Wed, February 4, 2015 16:55, Warren Young wrote:
>> On Feb 4, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Lamar Owen <lowen at 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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