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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>A simple question: Do strong passwords on a unencrypted harddisk 'root or sudo users' prevent really any sense of security if one chooses to boot into the system using a,an 'prefabbed .iso' or run a program that could search for a plain text password such as 'plain text'. Would the kernel version matter for security reasons in this event?<br><br>Thank you, <br><br><br> </div></body>
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