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To: duckman

You can ignore this story. The moron issued accounts to the machine AND left open a way for these people to remotely access the machine without a problem(SSH).


7 posted on 03/06/2006 11:00:14 AM PST by SengirV
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To: SengirV

That effectively makes it a local exploit rather than a remote exploit, but I do not think it makes it worthy of being completely ignored. Considering that Apple would very much like its machines to be used in public, lab-type environments, this does not speak well to their security in such situations.


9 posted on 03/06/2006 11:02:59 AM PST by Senator Bedfellow
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To: SengirV

Automatically creating admin accounts on request. How handy. It's like giving the keys to an auto thief.


10 posted on 03/06/2006 11:08:46 AM PST by 6SJ7
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