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**Hemispasm** · 30-05-2008

I am not familiar with Linux any more that the average joe but from what i have read already around the web this aint a serious problem since the system will reset the key every ten attempts or so of someone trying to guess it; so even if the combinations are less the key getting reset every 10 guesses makes it almost impossible to brute force it or something.

Am i wrong?

30-05-2008	#6 (permalink)
Hemispasm Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Goteborg, Sweden Posts: 4,236	Re: Huge Hole in Open Source Software Found, Leaves Millions Vulnerable I am not familiar with Linux any more that the average joe but from what i have read already around the web this aint a serious problem since the system will reset the key every ten attempts or so of someone trying to guess it; so even if the combinations are less the key getting reset every 10 guesses makes it almost impossible to brute force it or something. Am i wrong? __________________ [Airhead]: How the devil?! I got 69! I am a french lesbian! Hemi HATES wallpapers AND pickles ........ never forget that There is one thing more evil than pickles, and that is STATISTICS...