[ubuntu-in] leina yar

[chaitanya ambaselkar]

Well the password cracker used the IP *124.13.180.168* which is stated to be
in *Malaysia*.
I changed the password within minuted after it was cracked but the harm was
already done. But the cracker did not change the password neither sent any
requests for new password.


On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Manish Sinha <mail at manishsinha.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > You can use Google accounts SMS password recovery.
> > This is something nice since I find mobile to be more secure than
> > password. Someone can install a key logger and steal your password and
> > even the secondary email address.
> > For account recovery via sms, the cracker has to get hold of your mobile
> > physically which makes this SMS recovery more reliable.
> > http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=152124
>
> One learns something new every day
>
> Thanks Manish, this is really useful to know. Makes life a bit less
> scary , esp if one is on vulnerable systems
>
> ram
>
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