Messages in this thread | | | From | "Jones D (ISaCS)" <> | Subject | RE: PATCH: /dev/nvram cleanups. | Date | Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:01:15 +0100 |
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> > > I think there's another reason for not decoding the upper > > > bytes though. Some BIOS's encode passwords there, which are > > > notoriously insecure. (Do a websearch for BIOS cracker) > > > If this interface were opened up to show the upper bytes, > > > the userspace app to decode them should only decode the > > > upper bytes if the user has the capabilities. > > I know about BIOS crackers, I have wriiten one myself. I > > don't think we > > should put the BIOS cracker into the nvram driver. > That's not what I meant. > What I meant was that normal users should be able to read the > fields that contain the encoded password.
Doh, that should have read 'should NOT be able to'
d.
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