Re: root's password

2014-06-28 Thread Giancarlo Razzolini
gain. > > 2. "average user" -> OK so it's off the subject line of "root's password", > but the xkcd article is talking about average users - and the most common > case is probably passwords for websites. I use unique addresses for various > websites so

Re: root's password

2014-06-28 Thread Stuart Henderson
in which case you don't want to make a stolen crypted password file any easier to use 2. "average user" -> OK so it's off the subject line of "root's password", but the xkcd article is talking about average users - and the most common case is probably passwor

Re: root's password

2014-06-28 Thread Giancarlo Razzolini
Em 28-06-2014 09:02, Sebastian Benoit escreveu: > Giancarlo Razzolini(grazzol...@gmail.com) on 2014.06.28 00:10:31 -0300: >> I never got a machine hacked, even when not using any mitigation techniques. > Are you sure? I'm never sure. And neither should be anyone these days. Let me rephrase: I've ne

Re: root's password

2014-06-28 Thread Sebastian Benoit
Giancarlo Razzolini(grazzol...@gmail.com) on 2014.06.28 00:10:31 -0300: > I never got a machine hacked, even when not using any mitigation techniques. Are you sure?

Re: root's password

2014-06-27 Thread Giancarlo Razzolini
Em 27-06-2014 19:48, Stuart Henderson escreveu: > "yes, cracking a stolen hash is faster, but it's not what the average user > should worry about" > > I disagree, that is *exactly* what the average user should worry about. > And knowing that some people use xkcd style passwords, who would start on

Re: root's password

2014-06-27 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2014-06-27, Giancarlo Razzolini wrote: > Perhaps you should take a look at this funny and very accurate xkcd > comic strip: > > http://xkcd.com/936/ "yes, cracking a stolen hash is faster, but it's not what the average user should worry about" I disagree, that is *exactly* what the average u

Re: root's password

2014-06-27 Thread Giancarlo Razzolini
Em 27-06-2014 11:50, Stefan Wollny escreveu: > Hi misc@-readers! > > I have once more read man afterboot(8) and a question came up related > to the superuser's password. > > In section 'root password' advisory is given to "choose a password > that has digits and special characters (not space)". Thi

Re: root's password

2014-06-27 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:56:33PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 16:50, Stefan Wollny wrote: > > Hi misc@-readers! > > > > I have once more read man afterboot(8) and a question came up related > > to the superuser's password. > > > > In section 'root password' advisory is g

Re: root's password

2014-06-27 Thread Ted Unangst
On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 16:50, Stefan Wollny wrote: > Hi misc@-readers! > > I have once more read man afterboot(8) and a question came up related > to the superuser's password. > > In section 'root password' advisory is given to "choose a password > that has digits and special characters (not spa

root's password

2014-06-27 Thread Stefan Wollny
Hi misc@-readers! I have once more read man afterboot(8) and a question came up related to the superuser's password. In section 'root password' advisory is given to "choose a password that has digits and special characters (not space)". This last advice is what I do not understand - all of my pas