Re: [gpsd-dev] HOWTO: Security

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Eric!

On Tue, 24 May 2016 18:49:29 -0400
"Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden> wrote:

> > I do not want the best to be the enemy of the better.  I'll settle
> > for the next small improvement.  
> 
> There's a simpler way.  First step becomes changing the default-user
> password using a local display and keyboard, *before* the Ethernet is
> plugged in.

Works for me.  Ship it.

> That really is airtight, unless you choose a password that's so weak
> that it's early in a rainbow table and the cracker gets lucky before
> the later point where you disable password tunneling entirely.

Only so much we can do:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/24/linkedin_password_leak_hack_crack/

> Interestingly enough, my wife Cathy came up with this one as I was
> explaining the problem to her over dinner.  Score one for sharp
> Philadelphia lawyers.

Lawyers know logic.  Buy her a steak.

RGDS
GARY
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