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Re: Linux OpenExchange - cleartext rootpw in swap



On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 04:48 am, Rainer Duffner wrote:
> Well, if the server is "rooted", as you like to put it, there's
> little point in gaining the root-password anyway, isn't it ?

Use your imagination. People frequently reuse passwords on other 
machines. Even root passwords.

Joshua

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Joshua Goodall <joshua@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Solutions Architect / Principal Security Architect
myinternet Limited.

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