Unix System Security

[Chris Torek]

(NB: this does not belong in comp.lang.c)

In article <6354 at levels.sait.edu.au> CCDN at levels.sait.edu.au (david newall)
writes:
>The recent internet worm, which took advantage of a number of long standing
>security holes, serves as a fine example of how these issues can be ignored.
>Despite the fact that these were "well known" security problems, nothing had
>been done to correct the situation.

Despite the fact that people keep claiming that the finger bug and the
sendmail `debug' bug were well known, nothing had ever been reported of
them.  If anyone knew of these bugs, it did not include those responsible
for maintaining the software.
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