Re: Interesting discussion on ServerFault regarding an idiotic auditor ...

Mike Wills <[email protected]> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:54:42 -0500
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All the poster said is that it was a small UK company and they he
switched to PayPal for the quick fix. PCI is investigating the
company.

Glad I didn't have to deal with that moron. I would have asked how he
proposed me getting the plain-text passwords from the user accounts
when it is a one-way hash and to have a great guru like himself could
teach me something I didn't know.

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Mike Wills
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On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Larry Paque <[email protected]> wrote:
> The only reasonable (if that's the word) explanation I can think of is that
> the auditor had his email hacked and the poster is emailing with the hacker
> or his cohort.
>
> I was reading quickly - did he ever get anybody on the phone?
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Mike Wills <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Reading through the demands. I don't think any of us could provide
>> that on the i either. IIRC, I believe most log in systems these days
>> store the hash then compare the two hashes to make sure they match.
>> The systems themselves may not even know the real password.
>>
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>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:12 PM, David Gibbs <david-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:
>> > http://urlq.us/2g
>> >
>> >
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