How secure is UNIX?

James Howard jrh at mustang.dell.com
Mon Jun 11 06:07:31 AEST 1990


Dan KoGai writes: 
> 	All I know is I became victim and there are a lot others. 

[ much whining deleted ]

> How many victims do we need to convince you
> guys that today's UNIX needs major upgrade of secirity?  Well, even after
> Stockton Masscare, this country allows us to have guns without any lisence.
> maybe asking Americans for secirity is never secure enough for 1st place.
> 
> ----------------
> ____  __  __    + Dan The "Just one of many victims" Man
>     ||__||__|   + E-mail:	dankg at ocf.berkeley.edu
> ____| ______ 	+ Voice:	+1 415-549-6111
> |     |__|__|	+ USnail:	1730 Laloma Berkeley, CA 94709 U.S.A
> |___  |__|__|	+	
>     |____|____	+ if (!strcmp(cryptpass, crypt(pass, cryptpass)))
>   \_|    |      + 	You_Are_Toast();

Here is a quote that seems appropriate, although I do not remember the source:
	
	Even the truly paranoid have real enemies.

flames > /dev/null

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