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Re: NT insecurity

To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: NT insecurity
From: Matthew Ghio <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 20:02:52 -0500
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"Chris Adams" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Given the recent comments about insecure machines, I thought it was
> interesting to note that you can clear *every* password on an NT box
> by using a diskeditor to corrupt the password file (Boot off of a floppy
> and use NTFSDOS if you have to).  It'll reboot several times and then
> you'll be allowed to login.

You can do the same with every other operating system that doesn't have
an encrypted filesystem; Microsoft was just the only company dumb enough
to claim their filesystem was secure because they didn't think that
anyone would reverse-engineer it.

References:
- NT insecurity
  - From: [email protected] (Adamsc)

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