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Re: Logging attempted passwords

Subject: Re: Logging attempted passwords
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:03:19 -0400
On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 02:57:24PM +0900, Derek Martin wrote:
David appears to be asking for the PASSWORD the user used on a failed
attempt.  I'm not 100% positive, but I believe OpenSSH does not
provide a mechanism to get the password.

Logging failed passwords is a Very Bad Idea if you actually *use*
password authentication.

Suppose your password is 'Open*SSH-3.9' (without the quotes).  But
that's pretty hard to type on some keyboards with hyperactive Shift
keys, so maybe you fail by accidentally typing 'OPen*SSH-3.9', and
that gets logged.  Now, someone gets hold of your logs (by whatever
means).  Do you think your password is "safe" any more?

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