Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Re: whois...'nt.

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On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Carrie Bartkowiak wrote:

> Two things you might not know, so forgive me if you do:
> 1. There is a backdoor in every Cobalt. Just ask Jeff Lasman - give 
> him a normal shell and he'll have control of your box in less than 5 
> minutes. If you've ever called tech support you'll know how quickly 
> they can be right in the middle of the system with barely any 
> information from you.

Exciting...and I can hardly wait for the kiddies that are on this list
and/or read the archives to try and be Mr. Jeff with a black hat.

Gee...that's another real good reason not to keep any sensitive data like
customer's credit card information on your RaQ...if there is a back door,
aboove and beyond exploits, it's comforting to know that xxx number of
Cobalt people and perhaps yyy number of others have it.

Hard to believe that one, though...considering that if it were really the
case, Cobalt/Sun would be the first suspect in any invasion, since they
designed a deliberate weak point.  They couldn't be that stupid, could
they?
 
> >>The problem is, if they screwed up this badly on
> >>something this important, what other boners did they make? 
> 
> I *really* don't even want to think about that.  :(

Considering your comments about a backdoor...I am thinking about it...and
getting upset.

thom
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