[Shop-talk] PC Hackin'

[PJ McGarvey]

And what's recently made the news, but been known publicly since 2006 I
think... If you run Windows or OS X, you're also vulnerable to having the
admin password stolen by using the FireWire port, just by plugging in another
computer capable of reading the password from memory.  It's not even a bug,
it's just the way FireWire is designed.

PJ

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> From: tr3driver at ca.rr.com
> To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:56:45 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] PC Hackin'
>
> > And, when the friendly helpdesk person tries to log into your
> > computer, can't because you changed the password,
>
> Nope, doesn't work that way. The helpdesk doesn't use the 'administrator'
> account, but another account set up for them.
>
> Besides, there is no proof that you were the one that changed the password.
> Physical security is bound to be lax (otherwise no need for such draconian
> computer measures; physical security is the only real security) so pretty
> much anyone could have wandered in and changed the password. That
> quasi-legal janitor that can't speak English but seems to understand what
> you say ...
>
> Randall - ex-head of IT
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