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Re: password backdoors

From: mischler () Cubic COM (Dave Mischler)
Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 22:28:10 -0359

Can anyone enlighten me further into how this would be
done and if such back doors exist in other operating
systems.


That was most likely DEC's intent with the "field:service" account.


No, that is so the field circus guy has an account to run diagnostics
and get error logs from.

But it was the intent of the conversational boot and UAFALTERNATE hack.

I've never seen a system that can't be entered without a password if
you have unrestricted physical access to the hardware.

Current thread:

Re: password backdoors Dave Mischler (May 10)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: password backdoors Paul Szabo (May 10)
  - Re: password backdoors Rick Weldon (May 11)
  - Re: password backdoors Eric Kimminau (May 11)
- Re: password backdoors cmcurtin () clipper cb att com (May 10)
  - Re: password backdoors Lee J. Silverman (May 11)
    - Re: password backdoors Mark Joseph Crosbie (May 11)
    - Re: password backdoors Aleph One (May 11)
- Re: password backdoors Randy Rasmussen (May 11)
- Re: password backdoors Larry Kealey (May 11)
  - Re: password backdoors Virantha Mendis (May 12)

(Thread continues...)