Computer Museum of America on Tuesday night's PBS NOVA (fwd)

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Wed Feb 6 16:18:54 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doc [mailto:doc_at_mdrconsult.com]

> The last time, a 43P came back with an administrative password and a
> boot password set on the firmware. As nearly as I can find out, even
> removing the clock battery won't unset the admin password.
> Fortunately,
> I did the classroom setup and knew where that box was, so the teaching
> facility knew which student to lean on. The admin password
> was fuckyou.

You mean it didn't _leave_ with an administrative password and a boot
password? :)

Anyway, you could boot to single-user mode to remove the administrative
password. The boot password would be the problem. Can you bypass that
with the key?

Chris


Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

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print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
 
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