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Yes Maybe windows will be easy but Linux/Unix can also be cracked in the same situation.

With physical access to a machine, it takes the amount of time for a reboot + 2 minutes to change the root password of a Linux box to anything you want.
Posted by: NonZealot   Posted on: 03/29/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Why, in the name of all that is holy or not...  ghijkmnop@... | 03/29/05
Because there are no laws....  DarbyOhara | 03/29/05
yup.  jle | 03/30/05
Gross Incompetence  Roger Ramjet | 03/29/05
I bet nobody even gets fired over this  Hugh Jass | 03/29/05
SSN not needed in most cases  ibabadur1 | 03/29/05
Sometimes businesses won't do business with you with it...  toadlife | 03/29/05
I don't give my actual SSN  archerjoe | 03/30/05
That's a good idea  toadlife | 03/30/05
$10 Says It Was A Microsoft Operating System  itanalyst | 03/29/05
What the hell  robustengine | 03/29/05
LOL, Linux has more features.. heavier laptop..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 03/29/05
Are you really that stupid?  toadlife | 03/29/05
what the hell  robustengine | 03/29/05
Physical access  NonZealot | 03/29/05
Yes, with *nix it's usually less tedious than with Windows.  toadlife | 03/29/05
Obscurity  Roger Ramjet | 03/30/05

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