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password backdoors (on Apollo)
From: lnz () dandelion com (Leonard N. Zubkoff)
Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 01:58:52 -0700
Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 14:18:22 -0800 (AKDT) From: "Matt T. Mannhardt" <mattm () alaska net> ... But forget the root password and, you better have a set of distribution tapes and node with a tape-drive and 20 minutes to kill while it booted off of tape. (remember, physical access = control). But that was all in a prior life and previous job. don't remember a thing about it now. ;-) Actually, I believe up until one of the later SR10 releases, there were ways to acquire "locksmith" privileges without root or physical access, if you knew the right details about the operating system internals. I wrote such a program once long ago, though of course it required its own password so as to avoid misuse should someone else find it. Leonard
Current thread:
- Re: password backdoors (on Apollo) Dan Thorson (May 11)
- Re: password backdoors (on Apollo) Matt T. Mannhardt (May 11)
- password backdoors (on Apollo) Leonard N. Zubkoff (May 12)
- password backdoors (on Apollo) J.R. Lillard (May 12)
- Re: Known Bugs in Ultrix v4.3A Chris Ellwood (May 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: password backdoors (on Apollo) Paul Szabo (May 11)
- Re: password backdoors (on Apollo) Herb Peyerl (May 11)
- Re: password backdoors (on Apollo) Jas (May 12)
- Re: password backdoors (on Apollo) Matt T. Mannhardt (May 11)