bugtraq - Re: MacOSX - crash screensaver locked with password and get the desktop back

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Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 12:26:12 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Brent J. Nordquist" <b-nordquist@...hel.edu>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, <full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>,
   <product-security@...le.com>
Subject: Re: MacOSX - crash screensaver locked with password
 and get the desktop back

On 4 Jul 2003, Delfim Machado <bipbip@...o.org> wrote:

> i don't know the exact amount of characters, only that if you leave a
> key pressed for 5 minutes or more and then hit the enter key, you crash
> the screensaver and gain access to the desktop.

Confirmed; Mac OS X 10.2.6 on iBook (600MHz PowerPC G3)

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