RE: XP backdoors

["Adams, Tom" <tom.adams () mci com>]

Suggested reading: http://www.giac.org/practical/GCIH/Mike_Mahurin_GCIH.pdf 

-----Original Message-----
From: J. Yoon [mailto:supercool9000 () hotmail com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 12:11 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: XP backdoors

Lets say I now have an extremely good password that would take NSA 200 years
to crack.

Assuming that my XP box is physically safe from others accessing it, is
there a way for Joe-cr/hacker to quickly obtain my password without having
to run a crackware?

Backdoors that exploit software bugs need only install the proper patches
but are there any exploits that take advantage of the nature of
hardware/protocol/architecture itself?

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