Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU!mcs.kent.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: SECURITY BUG IN INTERACTIVE UNIX SYSV386 Message-ID: <1991Mar3.002135.23833@NCoast.ORG> Date: 3 Mar 91 00:21:35 GMT References: <4511@alliant.Alliant.COM> <1061@wa4mei.UUCP> <348@alderan.uucp> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Followup-To: comp.unix.sysv386 Organization: North Coast Public Access Un*x (ncoast) Lines: 20 As quoted from <348@alderan.uucp> by chris@alderan.uucp (Christoph Splittgerber): +--------------- | In article <1061@wa4mei.UUCP> rsj@wa4mei.UUCP (Randy Jarrett) writes: | >Yes it would be nice if they did that but until they do I write protect the | >install diskette as soon as i receive it and make a copy (3 or 4) with dd to | >do the install with. They have improved their install methods with each | | The problem here is, if you first install the system you don't have dd(1M) | running to do the backup and the MESS-DOS diskcopy does not work with the | ISC-boot disk :-( +--------------- You can always boot up under Minix and dd it there... :-) ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY