4 ms·
I would be wary about broadcasting the IP address, username and a filmed typing of the password to a tech community. It would take very little work to determin
by esonica 17y ago
I would be wary about broadcasting the IP address, username and a filmed typing of the password to a tech community.
It would take very little work to determine the password from watching that video a few times.
- hypermatt 17y agoThe linux box was in his lab most likely in a private network, which he dialed into. He didn't dial into an isp.
- tmountain 17y agoGood point, but one could also take note of the number he dialed on the telephone in the video.
- InclinedPlane 17y agoIndeed. It's pretty likely that voice number still has a 300 baud modem hooked up to it. Or... not.
- blasdel 17y agoI remember that someone did that when the video was posted last year, and it was an easter egg..
- esonica 17y agoI have been searching and can't find any info about this? Got any more details/link?
- wheels 17y agoGiven that the guy's nick is phreakmonkey, I assume he took that into consideration and used a throw-away password that was gone before the video was posted.
- InclinedPlane 17y agoThe IP address he connects to is 10.6.105.71, I don't think he's overly concerned about other people logging into that machine over the internet (10.0.0.0/8 is a private network IP range and not routable over the public internet, just like 127.0.0.1 or 192.168.0.0/24). Also, it's pretty likely that he changed the passwords or deleted the example user accounts after he made this video, just to be sure (i.e. belt and suspenders).