Proteus <proteus@uselessemail.net> writes:

> On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 01:31:49 +0000, Unruh wrote:
> ..
> > No it is NOT a huge search. The total number of words of 6 or fewer letters
> > is only about 2 times the number of words of length 6. say about 40000
> > words in my 300000 word dictionary. That is trivial to search through, not by hand of course but by
> > computer.
> > ..
>
> Amazing, it nows seems not strange at all that so many people have their
> systems hacked (cracked) into, given that lots of people likely just use
> dictionary words or combinations of dict words.

Thinking aloud: Such an attack can only work if the system is open
for remote login to start with - or?

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