From: Rohan Davidson (cs322612_at_student.uq.edu.au)
Date: Sun Mar 12 1995 - 03:22:18 EST
On Sat, 11 Mar 1995, jesse montrose wrote:
> I have a 755cs, and I was playing around with the poweron password. I set
> it, and it works great..
> I can't change or remove it though. When I go into the initial setup
> screen, I can change the supervisor or drive passwords (they're both empty
> tho') but the poweron password is dimmed..
> Any ideas?
Sorry Jesse can't really help much here, though I accidentally fell on a
crack for it. Now comes the ethical bit.
I know how to defeat the poweron password. On the 360 at least. It's a
major security issue I guess I should take up with big blue. However,
I'm sure it's valuable information to the list to know it's not
foolproof. I do however have serious qualms about posting the solution
to the list, because there are too many hardware maintainers out there
to whom it may be potentially lucrative.
For now, I will not make the crack public. Do we have a consensus on
whether it should die with me, or on the other extreme go in the FAQ
B.8. Power on password - not.
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