Comments on: Kon-Boot

By: Ziya Fortunato

Ziya Fortunato — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:06:05 +0000

Good blog. I got a lot of great info. I’ve been following this technology for awhile. It’s interesting how it keeps changing, yet some of the core factors stay the same. Have you seen much change since Google made their most recent acquisition in the domain?

By: cypher

cypher — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:30:55 +0000

I tried the domain trick you mentioned and I could not get it to work.

I pulled the patch cable, rebooted with Kon-Boot and used a user name that had had its local files stored on the machine.

it tries, but it says i cannot connect to the domain, even trying to get into local does not work from there :/

another thing, Kon-Boot does not work on Updated Windows 7 as of this post, but vista > and it works like a charm.

By: Ric

Ric — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:18:59 +0000

Has anyone vetted the code to make sure this isn’t installing a trojan or rootkit on the system? One always has to be leary of “free” goodies that do way cool things…

By: mubix

mubix — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:56:57 +0000

So the way you would do a domain user is through cached credentials. If that user had logged in (I believe the last 10 users are remembered). You disconnect the box, reboot with Kon-Boot, and attempt to login. It should (haven’t tested it my self) attempt to talk to the domain, fail, use cached credentials, triggering the kernel alteration Kon-Boot made, and pass you into the login process. Let us know how it goes.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:03:47 +0000

This is a great tool but will it also work to circumvent a domain user password?

By: DoubleDragonIII

DoubleDragonIII — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:13:39 +0000

Tim Ashley uRn00b

get the floppy version of kon-boot and use unetbootin to smack in on a usb stick.. boot up and wait 10 sec (or press enter right away) then when you get to the screen of kon-boot hit enter once more, and tata youre at the login screen. hit enter and youre in

By: adlerweb

adlerweb — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:33:01 +0000

Well, if i have an oppotunity to insert an CD/Flashdrive into a system (aka direct physical access) it should not be a problem to reset the BIOS and bypass this password… Maybe you should just immure your pc

By: Tim Ashley

Tim Ashley — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:47:35 +0000

Great find! This totally works! However, following the guide @ http://tinyurl.com/nq63ae to make Kon Boot load from a usb thumb drive via UNetbootin didn’t work so well. It successfully boots Kon, but then dumps you right back into the UNetbootin boot loader .. but at least the CD ISO works great!

By: kethos

kethos — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:30:35 +0000

This should be a fun trick for the next LAN.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:48:07 +0000

That’s pretty cool.