Re: security

[Birgitt Funk <birgitt@minivend.com>]

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On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, trese wrote:

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> 
> 
> > >If a minivend server were to be hacked, what would the danger be of someone
> > >stealing credit card numbers?
> > 
> > 	If they had hacked your root password you would have bigger problems.
> > All your CC numbers should be PGP'ed and safe. (if set up correctly)
> 
> a root hack is bad, but can be solved with a re-install and a new system
> administrator.  thousands of stolen credit cards is FAR worse than any root
> hack, IMHO.

You should read the mailing list, at least the posts from Mike Heins.
http://www.minivend.com:80/minivend/minivend-list/1999/msg02665.html

And BTW if you would fire each system administrator, whose server has
been broken into, you might run out of system administrators one day. 
8-)

Birgitt Funk


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