On Wed, February 4, 2015 16:55, Warren Young wrote:
>> On Feb 4, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Lamar Owen <lowen@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Again, the real bruteforce danger is when your /etc/shadow is
>> exfiltrated by a security vulnerability
>
> Unless you have misconfigured your system, anyone who can copy
> /etc/shadow already has root privileges. They do not need to crack
> your passwords now. You are already boned.
>
>
>
My thought exactly.
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