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Re:WTF Godaddy SSh access to shared server exposes everyones... by SEJeff on Sunday May 26, 2013 @12:43PM (#5771553)
Even if it does, a username alone isn't a security breach. You would think they'd use ssh chroots or something, but there are no security issues with seeing a username
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Re:WTF Godaddy SSh access to shared server exposes everyones... by ams6110 on Sunday May 26, 2013 @12:50PM (#5771579)
Not a breach in and of itself, but it does give an attacker something they didn't have before: a list of attackable login names.

Now they can start trying common passwords on logins that they know exist, rather than having to guess at that too.

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Re:WTF Godaddy SSh access to shared server exposes everyones... by peterchon on Sunday May 26, 2013 @12:44PM (#5771559)
I realize that it isn't a security breach, but I'm not so comfortable sharing my username with everyone else.
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