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Article #4051Re: Unix Password Hacker
From: Jim Kimble
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1988 18:10
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1988 18:10
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In article <1118@uop.edu> todd@uop.edu (Dr. Nethack) writes:
>
>In another place I worked the new semester was the best time, as all
>the new accounts had the password of "nopassword".
>
>So if you played around, you could find some accounts by the lazy people
>who did not bother to drop by the lab for the first two weeks.
>
But what purpose does this serve? The first time the owners of the accounts
try to login and find they can't, they're going to make a phone call to the
data processing people who will just assign a new password right there over
the phone.
All this would really do is give you an additional UNIX account for a week
or two. I doubt the students have any more access then anyone else.
--Jim Kimble
"I used to be into necrophillia, flagellation, and beastiality -- but my
friends said I was just beating a dead horse."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!jack!crash!jkimble From: jkimble@crash.cts.com (Jim Kimble) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: Unix Password Hacker Message-ID: <2584@crash.cts.com> Date: 24 Feb 88 18:10:54 GMT References: <731@ddsw1.UUCP> <657@morningdew.BBN.COM> <1368@homxc.UUCP> <739@ddsw1.UUCP> <1118@uop.edu> Reply-To: jkimble@crash.CTS.COM (Jim Kimble) Distribution: na Organization: Crash TS, San Diego, CA Lines: 24