On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 22:21 -0700, jdow wrote: > I accidentally (and I mean REALLY > accidentally) discovered a bug in their modem login code that some of > us used to login from home. It would not the user out of the connection > died. I discovered it by trying to get logged in and catching myself > in a co-worker's account. I looked around enough to figure out who then > logged out and told the IT folks about it the next day. They had the MOST > DELIGHTFUL "Oh Shit!" looks on their faces. (It was a facility that had a > DoD security clearance to maintain.) The early Linux installs of getty did the same thing. (Before Uugetty) I had that happen with the earlier version of GTE Telemail way before that. At 2400 baud, you could wander around the entire site, poking into the GM company emails and several nuclear sites without a password if you managed to get in hitting return on name and passwd when you logged in to catch a bad logoff session. The only thing I ever found notable was am email from some GM exec who stated that "This email thing will never catch on. This is what secretaries are for." He probably moved to AMC and built the Gremlin. --
