“This week we discuss securing against root exploits;
scrambling communications at an oil field; PGP and Hushmail;
recovering lost NT passwords; spoofing remote server
identification; and allowing MSN Messenger.”
“I was recently shown by a hacker how easy it is to enter Linux
as root by hacking the SU from a normal user account login. The
hacker has installed a script written by himself, not more than 20
lines of bash shell commands. FTP it onto the /home/username
location; telnet into the system using the “username” and password;
run the SU hack script, and voila, he has gained root access! It is
not a password-cracking program because it took less than 2 seconds
to gain access!…”
“Is PGP part of the Hushmail technology, or a
competitor?…”