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From: larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: getty/uugetty -- what is the difference, really?
Message-ID: <1991May04.135649.16183@nstar.rn.com>
Date: 4 May 91 13:56:49 GMT
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bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) writes:

>I've been using 'getty' rather than 'uugetty' on ESIX Rev D.  This is
>because someone told me (before I did my install) that uugetty was
>either buggy, problematic, or a security hole, I forget which.  Is
>this Esix-specific, or SYSVR3 specific?

we've always used getty for bidirectional communications (always
meens since ISC 2.02) without problems --

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      Larry Snyder, NSTAR Public Access Unix 219-289-0287/317-251-7391
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