Re: password
- From: Andre van Winssen <dreveewee@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:42:05 +0100
I plea insanity. weak passwords drive me crazy
Andre
2010/3/24 Howard Latham <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx>
> Only if the person asking for help is genuine and that is the issue - if
> they are attempting to illegally gain access then we can be prosecuted for
> helping them.
>
>
> On 24 March 2010 13:03, Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Howard,
>>
>> Now I don't know about British law and I'm no attorney so take it
>> with a truck load of salt, but US law does make a distinction between
>> malicious and non-malicious hacking. Meaning that it's illegal to hack a
>> system to gain improper access but OK if it's has a proper business
>> purpose. In the case here I believe it would be looked upon as OK since
>> it's an internal person trying to do their specified job that's doing the
>> hacking because they have no recourse.
>>
>>
>> *Dick Goulet***
>> Senior Oracle DBA/NA Team Lead
>> PAREXEL International
>>
>>
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>> *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
>> oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Howard Latham
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 24, 2010 7:53 AM
>> *To:* david.robillard@xxxxxxxxx
>> *Cc:* robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l
>> *Subject:* Re: password
>>
>> Are the members here vetted in anyway?
>> In the UK you can be prosecuted for Aiding a Hacker- And the email here is
>> good for evidence. So lets be careful out there guys.
>> Hey Ive got this great way to crack an Oracle password .........
>>
>> On 24 March 2010 06:53, David Robillard <david.robillard@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> > In fact, a well done presentation that demonstrates the vulnerability
>>> of
>>> > an existing database using publicly available hacking tools is often
>>> > very eye opening to management types if you are trying to secure a
>>> > database and such management types are hesitant to spend the
>>> time/money.
>>>
>>> Hi Robert,
>>>
>>> Could you please share some URLs to such presentations?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> David
>>> --
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>>> UNIX team leader & Oracle DBA
>>> CISSP, RHCE, SCSA & SCSECA
>>> Notarius
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>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Howard A. Latham
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> Howard A. Latham
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