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Re: Could sudo be an security issue?



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On Thu, 15 May 2003 at 02:31:22PM +0200, Torbjorn Pettersson wrote:
> Compare this with a secure, locked down root password in a
> sealed letter in a safe somewhere that only you now what it is,
> but everyone know were to find in an emergency + sudo + a sane
> password aging policy.

Or, assuming all the admins have gpg, encrypt the root password with
everyone's key, and stick it on a common file share.  If it is needed
they will pull it down to their workstation and decrypt it.  Likely to
be more secured against local attacks than a seal envelope.

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Phillip Hofmeister
Network Administrator/Systems Engineer
IP3 Inc.
http://www.ip3security.com

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