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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.

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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.
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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
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