Unix System Security

[david newall]

tgg at otter.hpl.hp.com (Tom Gardner) writes:
> Posting details of known UNIX security holes to the net is a *very* bad idea;
> I hope the reasons are obvious.

Do you suggest that the bad people won't find out about security holes if
those holes aren't published?  So naive...

Personally I wish to hear about problems as soon as possible; so they can be
fixed.  What would *you* suggest is the best way of securing Unix?


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