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

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Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 23:50:27 +0200 (CEST)
From: "H. G. Katzgraber" <katzgraber@...s.ethz.ch>
To: "Brent J. Nordquist" <b-nordquist@...hel.edu>
Cc: 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

Confirmed on Powebook G4 (887 MHz) with OSX 10.2.6. I wonder 
if other applications which also require a password do the 
same...

Cheers, h.

____/04/07/03 12:26-0500\_____________________________________

# 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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