When the web was new, one could use Altavista to search for /etc/passwd files accidentally exposed to the web, and crack them. Even better, many *nix machines s

When the web was new, one could use Altavista to search for /etc/passwd files accidentally exposed to the web, and crack them. Even better, many *nix machines shipped with some accounts having no password by default. I remember one could easily telnet into almost any SGI Irix machine via the "lp" account.