[X4U] Software to reveal passwords

Lars Bertelsen lbe at mac.com
Mon Aug 20 13:21:36 PDT 2007


>On 19 Aug 2007, at 05:27, Daly Jessup wrote:
>>At 11:05 PM -0500 8/18/07, Ed Gould wrote:
>>>On Aug 18, 2007, at 10:51 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>That would be a serious security violation.  Their password needs 
>>>>to be reset, and they need to change their password on first 
>>>>login after it is changed.  Under no circumstances should someone 
>>>>other than the account owner know the password to their account, 
>>>>or be able to get it.
>>>>
>>>Why do you think its available on MS systems only?:)
>>
>>What, do you know a way to see the password for an OS X account?
>
>Perhaps you would have got the joke if Mr Gould had phrased his reply:
>
>    "Ah! No wonder such utilities are available for Windows!"
>
>?
Are you saying Windows is a wonder? ;-)
Windows, as everyone knows, was written by the Secret International 
Sosciety of Technical Supporters with the sole purpose of making sure 
none of us will ever be out of work. It has been very successful!
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