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