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Bob Koehler  
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 More options Aug 8 2008, 8:49 am
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From: koeh...@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler)
Date: 8 Aug 2008 07:49:44 -0500
Local: Fri, Aug 8 2008 8:49 am
Subject: Re: DEFCON 16 and Hacking OpenVMS
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In article <8660a3a10808071711y49326bci2d6514c28357e...@mail.gmail.com>, "William Webb" <william.w.w...@gmail.com> writes:

> The last "black hat" stuff I read (and it was a while ago) was quite
> outdated and went back to the days when SYSTEM, FIELD, etc had default
> passwords set at installation time.

> That's no longer the case, and has been for some time.

   There's a fairly easy to find (or it was last time I bothered
   looking) guide to hacking VMS that I think you're talking about.

   It was written to a default installation and bad system management
   prior to VMS 5.0.  It used the canned passwords to get access to
   a privileged account.  It told of all kinds of little things a
   privileged account could do.

   Unless the DEFCON sessions reports ways to access a system without
   authorization, or elevate your privileges to a higher class without
   authorization, on a properly installed and managed system, it's just
   smoke up your virtual skirt.

   We wait to see.


 
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