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GoDaddy Wants Your Root Password

Posted by samzenpus on from the seems-fair dept.

Johnny Fusion writes "The writer of the Securi Security Blog had an alarming awakening when a honeypot on port 22 on a GoDaddy-hosted VPS recorded login attempts using his GoDaddy username and password and even an attempt to login as root. It turns out the attempt was actually from within GoDaddy's network. Before he could 'alert' GoDaddy about the security breach, he got an email from GoDaddy Demanding his root login credentials. There is an update where GoDaddy explains itself and says they will change policy."

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  1. OK - here it is by abbynormal+brain · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    DrKn0ck3rs

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    1. Re:OK - here it is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      that reminds me... last night I was browsing porn videos, trying to get my wank on. Nothing was really doing it for me, the selection really sucked. Then I found this amateur video, some dude fucking his wife. She was too fat but at least had the decency to shave her pussy. I couldn't put my finger on it but she looked strangely familiar for some reason. Anyhow, the dude was fucking her with the tiny penis, I mean, he was hung like a hamster. Or asian. Or maybe an asian hamster. Then it panned back to her face and it hit me: THAT WAS KATHLEEN FENT!!! Yeah, and Rob Malda with his fucking 3" baby dick. lol, too creepy.

  2. So who's your daddy? OoooOoooh YeeaaaH! by viraltus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What can you expect with that name?

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  3. Re:The question is if GoDaddy is trustworthy. by goldaryn · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mods, now is the time for action

    Mod this man up +5 Informative, stat. The most deserving post I have seen for a long LONG time

  4. Re:The question is if GoDaddy is trustworthy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here are some of the opinions of Bob Parsons, the owner of GoDaddy. He is pro-violence: Close Gitmo? No way!!

    When you cite the man's blog that has absolutely nothing to do with the hosting company he is CEO of, to state that he is "pro-violence", you kind of blow your the credibility of your argument. Please keep your personal political opinions out of non-political debates. What you did there is no better than any other meritless political smear campaign.

    The rest of your post was spot-on, though, and I wouldn't trust GoDaddy with my first name.

  5. Re:The question is if GoDaddy is trustworthy. by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here are some of the opinions of Bob Parsons, the owner of GoDaddy. He is pro-violence: Close Gitmo? No way!!

    When you cite the man's blog that has absolutely nothing to do with the hosting company he is CEO of, to state that he is "pro-violence", you kind of blow your the credibility of your argument. Please keep your personal political opinions out of non-political debates. What you did there is no better than any other meritless political smear campaign.

    The rest of your post was spot-on, though, and I wouldn't trust GoDaddy with my first name.

    You can base your opinion of a corporation on the politics of its CEO. Unless you're afraid that ACs will criticize you . . . No, it't the Anonymous Cowards!!!!1! Oh noes!

    But seriously, folks. If a CEO is naive enough to think that no one will be impressed by his politics, positively or negatively, it's hard to imagine how he got so far in the first place. More likely, a CEO figures he'll play the percentages. That's how smart managers win ball games.

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