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| Subject: | Re: Logging attempted passwords |
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| 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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