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From: jimr@maths.su.oz.au (Jim Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: patches and security
Keywords: worms CERT nntp
Message-ID: <1990Jul21.023711.11948@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
Date: 21 Jul 90 02:37:11 GMT
References: <7892@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <1990Jul20.031221.14378@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
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In article <7892@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, jonathan@jarthur.Claremont.EDU
(Jonathan Ball) writes:
>Agreed.  I apologize for opening the can of worms.

Thanks, Jon.  [ I have been trying to send you mail for a couple of days, but
jarthur appears to be dead from here. ]

I hope everybody saw my posting <1990Jul20.031221.14378@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> on
CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team): (412) 268 7090, cert@cert.sei.cmu.edu.
That article of mine seems to have crossed with Jon's, Colin's, and several
others.

Please talk to CERT (and HP I suppose :-) about the new hole, rather than
discussing it on the net yet.  The ramifications of OS security are really too
enormous and wide-reaching for safe open discussion for the time being: things
may come to that eventually, but we have enough other avenues still open not
to be completely desperate yet.  

The newsfeed to Australia has been snail-like for the last few days and I'm
struggling to keep up down here.  If there's a news guru on/near the US
backbone willing to do me a favour perhaps you could email me.
--
Jim Richardson
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Internet: jimr@maths.su.oz.au  ACSNET: jimr@maths.su.oz  FAX: +61 2 692 4534