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Originally posted by leif
I just wanted to throw in my $0.02 security tale...
... As it turns out, a friend of mine's J.C. shell account also got hacked. He ended up with his account terminated, and the teacher threatened to throw him out of the class for hacking... He later found out this was because there was some sort of root kit in his home directory. He, also, had been connecting via the ISP's shell server using the compromised ssh client.
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I believe the concensus was that personal ID verification is not a problem in America AND it will not get worse. It is the general trend. We have plenty of databases to trace what you supposidly did, but we have no fundamental method so that you and only you can confirm you are who you say you are AND we have no methods so that you can confirm that your ID is safe and uncompromised.
OK, maybe a system could not be created to avoid this particular shell ID and Password violation. But we have virtually no systems for you only to prove you are you AND to verify that others have not compromised your ID. Presently another can steal your ID, you would never know, AND you would suffer consequences from powers that would first look to blame you - all because we don't have a National ID Confirmation system.
[Edited by tw on 06-12-2001 at 02:22 PM]