Re: Putty Proxy login/password discolsure....

["North, Quinn" <QNorth () iso com>]

Sadly, Not even that will help you anymore ... 

http://www.hackaday.com/2005/08/24/lock-bumping-revisited/



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-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk
[mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] On Behalf Of Matthew
Flaschen
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 3:20 PM
To: cardoso
Cc: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Putty Proxy login/password discolsure....

I have a dual WinXP/Debian boot, and I deal with that problem by locking

my door.

Matt Flaschen

cardoso wrote:
> Exactly. A few years ago I used to deal with linux fanboys showing
them
> the cute trick of "linux single" at boot time. After a few hours
begging
> for the admin password, I teached the trick and they usually stopped
the
> brag about how security Linux was. 
>
>
> On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:34:49 -0500
> Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu> wrote:
>
> PS> --On Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:24:11 -0400
mflaschen3 () mail gatech edu 
> PS> wrote:
> PS> 
> PS> > Windows offers no security against local users.  It is trivial
to boot to
> PS> > a program like ERD Commander and replace admin passwords.  On
the other
> PS> > hand, PuTTy is meant to protect against everyone; that's why it
doesn't
> PS> > allow saved passwords.  Thus, this seems like a vulnerability to
me.
> PS> >
> PS> Unix offers no security against local users either.  If I can sit
at the 
> PS> console, I can login in single user mode, mount the drives rw and
edit 
> PS> /etc/passwd all day.
> PS> 
> PS> Furthermore, I can take any hard drive, with any file system on
it, and 
> PS> with the right tools I can read everything on the drive, even
deleted stuff.
> PS> 
> PS> So what's your point?  That when you own the box you own the box?
> PS> 
> PS> If you first have to own the box to get to the information, then
it's not a 
> PS> vulnerability.  It's not best practice, but it's not a
vulnerability.
> PS> 
> PS> Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
> PS> Senior Information Security Analyst
> PS> The University of Texas at Dallas
> PS> http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Carlos Cardoso
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>
> "You lost today, kid. But that doesn't mean you have to like it"
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