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Re:Harvesting SSH Credentials: Insights from My Honeypot Net... by asveikau on Sunday August 02, 2026 @02:38PM (#49147107)
Having a root password of "toor" is very clever. Nobody will figure that one out.
Re:Harvesting SSH Credentials: Insights from My Honeypot Net... by erulastiel on Sunday August 02, 2026 @02:47PM (#49147179)
toor was a default password for many devices for decades.
Re:Harvesting SSH Credentials: Insights from My Honeypot Net... by asveikau on Sunday August 02, 2026 @02:54PM (#49147224)
I've used unix-like OS's for 28 years and I don't remember coming across it as a password.

It is a common username (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toor_(Unix) ), the machine I am typing this on has it.

Re:Harvesting SSH Credentials: Insights from My Honeypot Net... by PyWoody on Sunday August 02, 2026 @03:19PM (#49147439)
It was the default password for the root user in Kali Linux for a while.
Re:Harvesting SSH Credentials: Insights from My Honeypot Net... by merpkz on Sunday August 02, 2026 @04:20PM (#49147919)
Back when it was called Backtrack if my memory serves right. I remember being puzzled that it was not the case anymore one day and they even switched to regular user around when Kali became a thing
Re:Harvesting SSH Credentials: Insights from My Honeypot Net... by pudgywalsh on Sunday August 02, 2026 @03:28PM (#49147503)
Slackware used it in the late 90s IIRC.
Re:Harvesting SSH Credentials: Insights from My Honeypot Net... by sisve on Sunday August 02, 2026 @02:59PM (#49147265)
Did you check out the statistics on the site? They listed 1233456, 12345, 1234,123 and 1 on the toplist of password.

If we are going to be clever we should follow the statistics and go for 12 that where not on the toplist!!

Re:Harvesting SSH Credentials: Insights from My Honeypot Net... by youareinsuffera on Sunday August 02, 2026 @03:08PM (#49147349)
Or even better, 21. Reverse it to add another layer of obfuscation.
Re:Harvesting SSH Credentials: Insights from My Honeypot Net... by whatbackup on Sunday August 02, 2026 @03:21PM (#49147457)
You are right.

12 - Rank 318

21 - Rank 523

I'm surprised that '12' is so low on the list.