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In article <BssuF5.G4@ibmpcug.co.uk>, gtoal@ibmpcug.co.uk (Graham Toal) writes:
> Has anyone heard a rumour circulating that some crackers have found a
> trapdoor password that lets people on to Next machines with root
> privs?  I told the person I heard it from that it sounded like total

I heard this one too: I was told that there was a "backdoor". This struck me
as reasonable, since the NeXT was developed for fun and the NetInfo programs
that handle passwords are not obviously accessible and do not come with
source code. I mentioned the rumor to our NeXT owner here at the lab, and
asked for more details.

Upon checking, my rumor source forwarded a copy of a note from a private bbs
that complained of security *holes* on NeXT, but made no mention of actual
backdoors. I then explained to my rumor source the distinction between the
two, and have heard nothing further.
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