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From: goutier@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Claude Goutier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: /etc/killall, what is it?
Keywords: undocumented, dangerous
Message-ID: <1990Jul28.142626.28237@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Date: 28 Jul 90 14:26:26 GMT
References: <551@eba.eb.ele.tue.nl>
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Reply-To: goutier@jsp.umontreal.ca (Claude Goutier)
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In article <551@eba.eb.ele.tue.nl> wjw@eb.ele.tue.nl writes:
>YAQ(yet another question):
>	An user on our system has discovered the /etc/killall program.
>	<...> (since I cant find it in the AA of BSD). But it's
>	not documented in the sys5 manual. (And I dont feel like reloading
>	the Sys5 to do so)

It is not the first time that someone discover an undocumented program
that happens to be dangerous. I suggest that every such program be considered
suspect and that we ask the software provider what does those programs are
doing there. Are they trapdoor ones ? Do their lawyers will provide compensationif any wrongdoing happens because of those ? Remember, they do not want to ship
perl with domain/os because they fear etc. But at the same time, they provide
us with undesirable nasty pests.

Just say no to undocumented programs, ask for the source!
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