Re: Root sending messages to users
2008/6/26 Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
>> I do not think that they can crack root without my 8 character
>> upper/lower/number password. Can they? How would having my own account
>> help?
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/16/nuclear.pakistan
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/world/asia/15nuke.html
>
> - From these articles, I infer that the Swiss secret intelligence
> service cracked encrypted files in 1-3 years. Maybe they had help
> from the NSA? Maybe it was weak encryption? Maybe the Swiss
> decrypters are very good?
>
That's fine. To even get to the encrypted files they will need to
crack the password on the machine. Then they will need to suspect that
I have files as valuable as the nuclear secrets in the article. That
to me is acceptable risk. Thanks.
Dotan Cohen
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