silly password restrictions was:Re: [clug] secure remote access method

Michael Carden crash at michaelcarden.net
Sat Jun 20 07:41:27 GMT 2009


> send arbitrary key sequences to your
> system (eg. "Windows key"->open Internet Explorer->type in a bad
> URL->Javascript downloads all your cookies or whatever->close IE...
> system compromised - could happen when you aren't looking...). It also
> wouldn't be _too_ hard to make such a device look like a Yubikey, but
> even easier to make it look like an innocent USB memory stick that
> someone accidentally left lying around...


Ooh, I can see a Student Project in the making...

-- 
MC


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