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.
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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.