OT -- MacOSX - crash screensaver locked with password and ge…

Off topic but I know there are a few Mac OSX users around here...

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Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] MacOSX - crash screensaver locked with password
and get the desktop back
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 12:26:12 -0500 (CDT)
From: Brent J. Nordquist <b-nordquist@bethel.edu>
Reply-To: Brent J. Nordquist <b-nordquist@bethel.edu>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, <full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com>,
<product-security@apple.com>

On 4 Jul 2003, Delfim Machado <bipbip@xpto.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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