Subject | Re: [Firebird-general] MySQL warning users, contemplating changes after worm |
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Author | Fabricio Araujo |
Post date | 2005-01-29T17:08:08Z |
It 's time to rethink some things, alas the ability of new
authenticated users (with no rights) to create database objects. And
the size of our really working password (which is 8 chars)
to something wider (such 20 or + chars).
But someone who let sysdba pass unchanged on
a production site deserve such a attack.
authenticated users (with no rights) to create database objects. And
the size of our really working password (which is 8 chars)
to something wider (such 20 or + chars).
But someone who let sysdba pass unchanged on
a production site deserve such a attack.
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 01:44:48 +1100, Helen Borrie wrote:
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>At 04:24 PM 29/01/2005 +0200, you wrote:
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>>it's little bit OT
>>http://www.infoworld.com//article/05/01/28/HNmysqlwarning_1.html
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>Not really OT, Marius. It wouldn't be hard for a similar attack to be made
>on Firebird servers on exposed Windows machines. I think it's not a
>question of "if", but "when".
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>Helen
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