We’ve been archiving a bunch of old Xerox Alto disk packs from the 1970s. A few of them turned out to be password-protected, so I needed to figure out how to get around the password protection. I’ve developed a way to disable password protection, as well as a program to find the password instantly.
Xerox has failed to respond to this severe security hole in their computer, and every day they refuse to patch this vulnerability is a day their customers run a massive risk. Irresponsible.
So you’re lucky I’m not Arnold. With all the security panics going on with modern systems, a little levity is appreciated.
Agreed. I needed that today!
Link to the CVE?
“Xerox has failed to respond to this severe security hole in their computer, and every day they refuse to patch this vulnerability is a day their customers run a massive risk. Irresponsible.”
Yes, indeed. I’m sure they will lose a market share because of it.
Is xerox still in business?
Yes, they carry business supplies and printer paper mostly nowadays
Slightly ironic, considering that Xerox Alto was supposed to usher us in the era of paperless office.
Crazy crazy stuff. The engineers from PARC are commenting.
http://www.righto.com/2018/01/xerox-alto-zero-day-cracking-disk.htm…
So sad the PARC isn’t what it was.
Just help shows the human side of all this.
Very nice. Needed the laugh
WTH?
CVE?
NNTO.
It is a good news. Because I have a bad experience with Xerox Printer. Thanks for sharing.
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