Re: !SPAM! Automated ssh scanning

[Tremaine <tremaine () gmail com>]

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:43:13 -0500 (CDT), Ron DuFresne
<dufresne () winternet com> wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Richard Verwayen wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 15:12, Todd Towles wrote:
> > >  The kernel could be save. But with weak passwords, you are toast. Any
> > > automated tool would test guest/guest.
> > Hello Todd!
> >
> > You are right about the passwords, but guest is only a unprivileged
> > account as you may have on many prodruction machines. But they managed
> > to become root on this machine due to a kernel(?) exploit!
> > Should I then consider any woody system to be insecure to let people
> > work at?
>
>
> If your uasers are not trustable, then they should not have access to
> local systems of yours.  Once a person has a shell, then they are 95% to
> root.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron DuFresne


Fair point... but it would still be nice to determine precisely how
they are getting root access so preventative measures can be taken and
the hole plugged.
-- 
Tremaine
IT Security Consultant

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