Re: Linux login vulnerability
From: Rich J <rjoralist3_at_society.servebeer.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:28:27 -0600
Message-ID: <c08352585229b414a4b12b008280395d_at_society.servebeer.com>
[1] http://thehackernews.com/2015/12/hack-linux-grub-password.html?m=1
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:28:27 -0600
Message-ID: <c08352585229b414a4b12b008280395d_at_society.servebeer.com>
On 2015/12/18 08:59, MJ Mody wrote:
> I think this is appropriate for the Linux list however since so many enterprises run Oracle on Linux, I found some with in sharing this:
>
> http://thehackernews.com/2015/12/hack-linux-grub-password.html?m=1 [1]
I had read that, too, but it may not necessarily be as serious as it might first seem. Anyone that's read the VAX/VMS "Orange Wall" knows that the key to server security is preventing physical access to the server and its console.
Desktops, however.... :)
Rich
Links:
[1] http://thehackernews.com/2015/12/hack-linux-grub-password.html?m=1
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