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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!craig
  2. From: craig@ec.uwa.oz.au (Craig Richmond - division)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
  4. Subject: Re: writing down root password
  5. Date: 20 Nov 1992 03:38:22 GMT
  6. Organization: The University of Western Australia
  7. Lines: 19
  8. Message-ID: <1ehmjeINNck0@uniwa.uwa.edu.au>
  9. References: <1992Nov11.220238.23297@grebyn.com> <1992Nov16.140310.4113@prism.poly.edu> <1ehftbINN5bc@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> <9232514.21650@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
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  11.  
  12. carl@montebello.ecom.unimelb.EDU.AU (Carl Brewer) writes:
  13.  
  14. >In article <1ehftbINN5bc@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> craig@ec.uwa.oz.au (Craig Richmond - division) writes:
  15.  
  16. >how could you break a VAX?  A sledge hammer ?
  17.  
  18. The CPU on it has finally gone.  Maybe I'll give it a try :-)
  19.  
  20. >but would a "reasonable" institution be trying to raid other networks?
  21.  
  22. Does the NSA (or any intelligence agency for that matter) fall into the
  23. category of "reasonable"?  Because I bet they've got rooms of these things.
  24.  
  25. Craig
  26. --
  27. Craig Richmond.  Computer Officer -  Dept of Economics (morning) 380 3860
  28.   University of Western Australia    Dept of Education (afternoon)
  29. craig@ecel.uwa.edu.au Dvorak Keyboards RULE!  "Messes are only acceptable
  30. if users make them.  Applications aren't allowed this freedom" I.M.VI 2-4
  31.