Re: can someone get admin password with physical access?

From: gavin (gavin@zonvark.wustl.edu)
Date: 02/26/02

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    From: gavin <gavin@zonvark.wustl.edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 15:34:07 -0600

    I know this doesn't directly answer your question, but...

    I remember this saying about computers, "If you don't have physical security,
    you don't have security at all."

    If someone is allowed to have physical access to a computer, given enough time
    and determination, the system will be hacked. ...

    just food for thought.

    Gavin

    t2k2p wrote:

    > Hi, I help out the admin at my school with security, and we have very poor
    > physical security of computers. Is there a way that any person with
    > physical access hack the admin or other users password? I heard that you
    > can use a linux boot disk to access a file and use l0ptcrack to crack it,
    > but I heard that it only works for FAT32 partitions. Is this true? And if
    > there is a way to hack the passwords if someone has physical access, how can
    > they do it? and is there a way to stop it? (besides physical security)
    > thanks a lot.
    >
    > calvin-

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