Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!cedman
From: cedman@lynx.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman)
Newsgroups: alt.sources
Subject: GENERAL WARNING
Message-ID: <CEDMAN.90Sep25084340@lynx.ps.uci.edu>
Date: 25 Sep 90 15:43:42 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: non serviam
Lines: 17
Nntp-Posting-Host: lynx.ps.uci.edu

PROGRAMMER GENERALS WARNING: Precompiled binaries can be hazardous
to your health and lead to virus infections.

Now, really: It is very easy to change particularily a programm like
a shell to f.e. put the name of a non-backtraceable account into the
.rhosts file and then send mail to it to inform the hacker that
he has just gotten a new account. Maybe even a su account ?
, or to log all lines containing some keywords (like password or username) 
to a public file.

You may want to take the risk, but be warned.


Theorectial Physicist,N.:A physicist whose   | Send mail
existence is postulated, to make the numbers |  to
balance but who is never actually observed   | cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu
in the laboratory.                           | edmanc@uciph0.ps.uci.edu