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Re: Password on PS-laserprinter ??

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From: Woody Baker Eagle Signal
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 1990 05:47
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In article <9590001@hpcilzb.HP.COM>, mark@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Mark Turner) writes:
> >responsiblilty.  In addition email me a request.  I have adopted this
> >procedure, to try to limit liablilty if someone should mis-use the
> >routine.  Fortunatly, you can undo anything that has been done, but
> >I'd rather not be responsible for some malicious person using it.
> >I won't accept laser printed stationary (mmmm   to easy to fake.... 8->>)
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Holy Cow!  Are you going to analyze my handwriting too?
> 
> >Woody Baker
> >Rt.1 Box I
> >Manor, Tx. 78653
> 
> Who the hell are you, the printer police?  Maybe I should send a
> notarized letter signed by George Bush.  Jeez, buddy, get a life.
> 

Not really.  But since you asked...  The routine can be used to royally
screw the printer up.  In the wrong persons hands, it could cause absolute
havoc on a network.  (how would you like to have the password change randomly
on you ever few minutes?).  Not only can the routine set and reset the password
it can also mess up the hardware registration information and quite a few
other critical bits and bytes.  I merely wish to protect my self from the
consequences if someone misues it and then points to me as the person that
he got it from.  Perhaps you'd like to take on the risk?


Obviously you can't read because all of this was in the original reply.


Cheers
Woody
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From: woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal)
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Subject: Re: Password on PS-laserprinter ??
Summary: hmmmm
Message-ID: <1314@chinacat.Unicom.COM>
Date: 10 Jun 90 05:47:15 GMT
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