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Re: [Full-disclosure] What the f*** is going on?
- To: Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf@xxxxxxxxxxx>, full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] What the f*** is going on?
- From: jf <jf@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:27:29 -0500
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 01:20:32PM -0800, Michal Zalewski wrote:
> >> this is only true for remote attackers hitting network service auth.
> > Mhmm, and runas, su et al couldn't benefit from this?
>
> Not a whole lot. You can likely tell a successful login from a failed
> one within several miliseconds by watching /proc or so.
I'd agree that remote auth obviously benefits more; but I'm not sure that an
implementation issue entirely invalidates the point. Also, IIRC you can just ^C
back to the shell instead of waiting on su to timeout.
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