Re: [cobalt-users] procmail and other GPL source...

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On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, SteelHead wrote:

> 
> It is common for the developers of software to create a "back door" to
> access software in case of trouble or for convinent software service.  It
> may be scary, but can be a preferred method of accessing a Cobalt device
> that has "locked" out eveyone else.  Imangine being locked out of the box
> cause you reset the password, and you are 500 miles away from the server,
> and the co-lo folks have an absolute "hands-off" policy preventing the tech
> (if you can get to her) from using the front panel reset.


Sounds real nice....and I'd be willing to buy the logic if I hadn't heard
from a reliable source that there is at least one person who is not and
employee of Sun/Cobalt who has access to the back door.

Given that, I don't have any warm and comfy feelings about the back door.


thom

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