Re: [cobalt-users] Admin/root password security hole

["Fathi Said" <fathi@xxxxxx>]

Dom,


> The reasoning is deeply flawed.  A secure password can be
> made insecure through truncation - e.g. "security5143"
> becomes "security".

Don't tell me that "security5143" is secure -- brute force it (I had a nice
chat with Manuel from Manitu Webhosting about Brute Force recently and he
explained that to me) and you have the right password within seconds......

Fathi