Motivations for Sharing Passwords and Keys
Motivations for Sharing Passwords and Keys
- Laziness Ô Try to find a better way
- Individual authentication: e.g.. SUDO, Kerberos
- System doesn’t allow multiple instances
- E.g., single user boot, Oracle DBA
- Backup roles
- Security against loss
- “What if Joe gets run over by a truck?”
- Especially important for crypto keys