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Article #848Re: Two hackers caught tapping into Boeing, federal computers
From: Dave Hayes
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:49
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:49
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stanley@skyking.OCE.ORST.EDU (John Stanley) writes: >>>filed with the charges stated. ``He then transferred the password file >>>to a Boeing Company computer, where he decrypted the passwords.'' >>> That process gave Anderson the ``root'' password, which allowed >If decrypting the passwords gave him the root password, then yes, Dave, >they cracked the root password. "That process gave Anderson the root password". That could also mean that by getting a random account on the machine they _acquired_ root access, and then changed the password. -- Dave Hayes - Network & Communications Engineering - JPL / NASA - Pasadena CA dave@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov ...usc!elroy!dxh Penitent (adj.) - 1. Someone who has been made incapable of enjoyment.
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Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!dave From: dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Dave Hayes) Subject: Re: Two hackers caught tapping into Boeing, federal computers Message-ID: <1992Nov23.204917.19519@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Reply-To: dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov Organization: Jet Propulsion Lab - Pasadena, CA References: <1992Nov12.084549.5128@unix.brighton.ac.uk> <1992Nov13.195515.19232@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> <1ejjt7INNhql@talon.UCS.ORST.EDU> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:49:17 GMT Lines: 15