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to: SAM IZZO
from: SCOTT MCNAY
date: 1997-11-15 21:04:00
subject: Cmos password

 *** Sam Izzo wrote in a message to Barry Block:
SI> Or figure out the back door password..  For example, Award
SI> BIOS backdoor is Syxz.  This works, I've tried it.  AMI BIOS
SI> backdoor is AMI I think, or maybe ami, but I haven't
SI> verified this yet, gotta pull the 386 out =)  But if you do
SI> a search on AltaVista on the Web or something, you can find
SI> them.  That's where my brother found them.
With AMI BIOS, if the password is enabled, but no password entered, the 
default is "AMI".  If the user actually put in a password, then you're up the 
creek.
--Scott.
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