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From: John Gardiner Myers
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1989 20:00

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CMU once had a pleasant experience with non-default server passwords.

Someone once stole a LaserWriter from one of the public clusters.  A
few days later the User Consultant got a call from a user who was
having trouble getting his LaserWriter talking to his Mac.  They
passed the phone to a hacker who bullshitted the person while the cops
traced the call.  The printer was recovered.

-- 
_.John G. Myers		Internet: John.G.Myers@andrew.cmu.edu
(412) 268-2984		LoseNet:  ...!seismo!ihnp4!wiscvm.wisc.edu!give!up

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From: jm36+@andrew.cmu.edu (John Gardiner Myers)
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Subject: serverdict passwords
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Date: 8 Dec 89 20:00:07 GMT
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