Re: Death to crackers

Tom Whore (tomwhore@inetarena.com)
Mon, 1 Mar 1999 19:05:07 -0800 (PST)


On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Robert S. Thau wrote:

> Tom Whore writes:
> > Yea, but if they were properly secured, you realy wouldnt have that sort
> > of problem.
>
> Not as easy as it sounds; for instance, you may be blessed with users
> who are innocent of proper password hygiene. (viz., www.rootshell.com)

This is all poart of running a secure system. Its not for everyone, but
there are methods to make it easier. Doing any sort of serious work on a
large unsecure system (because of users, admins, os, or wahtever) is a bad
idea.

(password checkers can be a good start on cleaning up the unwashed masses.
Its a tough live, bu if you want a secure system, its as important as
anyother step. If you let one link go bad..well. you might as well open it
up wide:)-)