[CentOS] Another Fedora decision

> On Feb 4, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Lamar Owen <lowen at pari.edu> wrote:
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> 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 don’t need to crack your passwords now.  You’re already boned.