cross-platform virus

[Sasha Tsykin]

Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 12:17:13 +1000
> Sasha Tsykin <stsykin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I don't see why we should use sudo. It seems much more secure to just 
>> create an admin or root account, like almost every other Linux 
>> distribution in existence.
> 
> Want to crack a box?  Everyone has a root account, you only need to
> crack the password.  Want to crack an Ubuntu box?  First, guess the
> username, /then/ you can move to cracking the password.  An extra
> security step is involved wherein one doesn't even have something (root)
> to start with.  It's would take a hell of a dictionary attack to get a
> strange username and password.
> 
> Cybe R. Wizard
the difference is not material. Enterprise servers always have root 
accounts, not sudo, and they are teh most secure machines available. 
Nice theory, not really applicable in practice.

Sasha