[wellylug] basic https question

[Martin Bähr]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 03:09:11PM +1300, Mark Signal wrote:
> in the "real" world is capturing/scanning of http data looking for 
> usernames and passwords actually a common hacker activity or is it just 
> a "potential" problem ?

the last cracked machine autopsy i had to make revealed a password
sniffer among other things. on a previois crack, password sniffing was
used to gain access to other machines.

greetings, martin.
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