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In article <1992Nov23.204917.19519@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov writes:
>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. 

Allright Dave. Whatever you say. Even though the process as described
didn't include logging back into the broken system and entering another
security hole to get root access, that must be what the article wanted
to say.

Even though the antecedent to the "That process" is only in the two
lines immediately prior to it, there must be another "that process"
that is being referred to.

Whatever you want, Dave. Have a nice day. Goodbye.