| From: | Matthias Schmitt <matthias(dot)schmitt(at)mmp(dot)lu> |
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| To: | Vince Vielhaber <vev(at)michvhf(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Hacker found bug in Postgres ? |
| Date: | 1999-04-27 17:07:10 |
| Message-ID: | v04020a04b34b9e43263e@[192.168.129.13] |
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>Is it possible the intruder guessed the password on the postgres
>administrator's account?
No, I don't think so. The password was really complicated and had special
characters inside of it. Its content had nothing to do with us or the
postgres database.
>Or perhaps a script run via mail?
We have nothing installed, which would enable a behaviour like this, at
least not as far as we know. I cannot imagine, that something like this is
part of a standard Linux distribution.
Matthias
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