I don't want a keyring password
jdow
jdow at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 20 08:19:07 UTC 2007
From: "Ed Greshko" <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com>
> jdow wrote:
>> From: "Sam Varshavchik" <mrsam at courier-mta.com>
>>
>>>> Well you wouldn't want your personal passwords stored in plain text,
>>>> where they'd be readable by other users.
>>>
>>> What, mode 0600 does not work any more?
>>
>> Of course not. It never did. An encrypted key ring is safe from "root".
>> An unencrypted key ring is open to root. So if you get root kitted your
>> passwords are dead.
>>
>> And only the mentally deficient always run as root.
>
> Reminds me of a co-worker of years ago, Doug, who was astonished and
> pleased that every time he installed a Solaris system an account was
> created for him without any special action on his part. Right, "Doug
> Root".
>
> BTW, does your assessment include folks whose computer is totally isolated
> from any network?
As a matter of fact, yes. It sets up a bad habit.
{^_^}
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