Subject Re: [Firebird-general] MySQL warning users, contemplating changes after worm
Author Fabricio Araujo
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.

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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