Linode hacked, CCs and passwords leaked

Re:Linode hacked, CCs and passwords leaked by windsurfer on Monday April 15, 2013 @03:31PM (#5553685)

Woah woah woah isn't this just transferring the contents of /dev/sda in the clear over the wire? Shouldn't you at least do this over SSH?

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Re:Linode hacked, CCs and passwords leaked by voidlogic on Monday April 15, 2013 @03:42PM (#5553768)

>>Shouldn't you at least do this over SSH?

Yeah, I mentioned that at the bottom of my post. Using ssh or some other inline encryption would be a good idea if it is a system you care about. If you have a site to site VPN tunnel between your systems, you can skip adding the encryption.

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Re:Linode hacked, CCs and passwords leaked by miles on Monday April 15, 2013 @04:06PM (#5553941)

Yeah, I mentioned that at the bottom of my post

It wasn't there when windsurfer replied to you (I was reading the thread earlier), hence his question.

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Re:Linode hacked, CCs and passwords leaked by voidlogic on Monday April 15, 2013 @04:32PM (#5554121)

I thought my only edit had been to replace might with probably. If this was not the case I'm sorry. Maybe I edited it to add that right after posting and forgot-

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Re:Linode hacked, CCs and passwords leaked by windsurfer on Monday April 15, 2013 @04:23PM (#5554043)

Thanks. I thought I was just dumb.

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