Passwords Can Sit on Hard Disks for Years

CygnusXII writes ""As people spend more time on the web and hackers become more sophisticated, the dangers of storing personal information on computers are growing by the day, security experts say. There are some obvious safeguards, such as never allowing your computer to store your passwords. But even that is no guarantee of security." "

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Re:No Guarantee of Security?!?!

[ScumericanNazi]

incorrect.

knoppix uses swapon unless you explicitly specify swapoff.

also mounting ext2 and reiserfs partitions in read-only mode will STILL write to the disk.

now repeat after me: Linux sux ass. Anyone ? just ribbing - he he.

security is not like your aunt may's apple pie recipe - you cannot afford to get it **almost** right. In security - either you got it right or you got it wrong.