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Article #4060Re: Unix Password Hacker
From: Jim Frost
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1988 00:22
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1988 00:22
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In article <2584@crash.cts.com> jkimble@crash.CTS.COM (Jim Kimble) writes: >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. > >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. Under UNIX, it's pitifully easy to build yourself trap-doors into an account if you have access for more than a few seconds, and not difficult to hide the fact that you have access, either. What difference would it make? Extra storage. Fall-guy when you want to try nasty stuff and not get caught. If you're in the same class as they, you would have access to their work. For many students, these are reasons enough. jim frost madd@bu-it.bu.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!hao!husc6!bu-cs!madd From: madd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jim Frost) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: Unix Password Hacker Message-ID: <20185@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: 26 Feb 88 00:22:38 GMT References: <731@ddsw1.UUCP> <657@morningdew.BBN.COM> <1368@homxc.UUCP> <739@ddsw1.UUCP> <1118@uop.edu> <2584@crash.cts.com> Reply-To: madd@bu-it.bu.edu (Jim Frost) Followup-To: sci.crypt Distribution: na Organization: Boston University Distributed Systems Group Lines: 22