ethanschoonover, Today I had to log into a server that wouldn’t bring up networking, so on site.
I was sent the password: SIXTY random characters. CaSe Num3rics, Symb0ls~! Everything. Random. Strong.
We had a problem. /bin/login was configured to timeout at 60 seconds.
I touch type but 60 fully random characters? I couldn’t break 50 before the minute was up.
Then I solved it:
I read them outloud, quickly, in a voice memo. Played it back so I could focus on rapid entry.
55 seconds later I had a root prompt.
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