Graphical Greeter -- Security gripe

Steve Ward stevewa at spiritone.com
Mon Mar 1 03:59:24 UTC 2004


I noticed that the graphical login screen now displays the last 
successful login for the username entered _before_ the password is entered.

This is a security issue because it tells a potential cracker that they 
have found a valid login.





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