Re: Retrieving passwords from winXP in order to make the switch

From: Psymaster (roa81NOSPAM_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/19/03 

Date: 19 Jul 2003 15:15:30 GMT

dkoleary@attbi.com wrote on Sat, 19 Jul 2003 15:13:12 GMT in
comp.os.linux.misc:

> In the mean time, I would think some type of serial port
> sniffer would work. I'm more familiar with network
> sniffers, but the logic should be very similar. The
> sniffer would track any information going out the serial
> port - one item of which will be your password.
>

Yes but what about encryption? I hope my connection isn't using
it, but I'll try it. Thanks.

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