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...PASSWORD SNIFFERS: These tiny programs are hidden on a network and instructed to record logons and passwords, which are then stored in a secret file. By the end of a week, this file can contain hundreds of user names and their associated passwords. Last year an advisory from Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Emergency Response Team warned that, as a result of a rash of sniffing attacks, tens of thousands of passwords had been stolen and were presumed to be compromised...
...Internet address of a trusted or "friendly" machine. It's much easier to exploit security holes from inside a system than from outside; the trick is to gain "root" status, the top-level access that the computer's administrator enjoys. With root status, a hacker could install a password sniffer or bogus software, like a "back door"-a secret return path into the machine. Mitnick was able to break into Shimomura's Fort Knox-like computer using a spoof...
...think writing letters is a lot more personal," says Greek student Natasha Covas '96, who says she regularly e-mails her friends in England and Greece. "And it's a lot more private--people can get into your e-mail account if they have your password, and read your mail...
...Basically, I was doing so much stuff for themthat it was just easier for everyone if I had theroot password," Tarr said...
...Tarr has held the password for at least ayear, according to system log files...