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From: louie@haven.umd.edu (Louis Mamakos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: PostScript password breaking
Message-ID: <3071@haven.umd.edu>
Date: 11 Feb 89 23:06:24 GMT
References: <17902@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU> <1122@softway.oz>
Reply-To: louie@trantor.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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In article <1122@softway.oz> stephenf@softway.oz (Stephen Frede) writes:

>Passwords are integers, normally in the range +- 2^31. 

Not always.  One our DEC LPS40, the password is a string rather than an
integer.  This makes searching for it a little more difficult.  In the
case of the LPS40, changing the password is easy; it is set by a config
file on the host that it boots from.

I love ethernet attached printers!

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Louis A. Mamakos  WA3YMH    Internet: louie@TRANTOR.UMD.EDU
University of Maryland, Computer Science Center - Systems Programming