Penetrating a Thinkpad

From: Michael.Thorp@allfirst.com
Date: 05/14/02 

From: Michael.Thorp@allfirst.com
To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 15:30:56 -0400

I'm testing the security characteristics of an IBM Thinkpad A30p laptop running
Windows 2K Professional and using EFS for some files/directories. The machine
is configured with Power On, Supervisor, and Hard Drive Passwords. Getting past
the Power On password was trivial. However, I'm stuck on the other two. Does
anyone know a relatively easy way to bypass or crack the Supervisor and Hard
Drive passwords on an IBM Thinkpad?

Thanks.

Mike Thorp
Information Security
Allfirst Bank

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