Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uflorida!screamer!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Watch, peeking, and security threats Message-ID: <2838265E.2EE6@tct.com> Date: 20 May 91 19:41:17 GMT References: <9105160430.AA04272@eclectic.com> <1991May16.142436.15468@news.larc.nasa.gov> Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 15 According to kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey): > While much of it is indeed the fault of the protocol, a good deal of blame >should be laid on an operating system which permits any user running any >program to access any device in any way. This objection is naive. If the authentication is in the OS, then I walk up to a Mac with my own hacked OS on a floppy, and boot from the floppy. Presto. Besides, who says that all machines on an AppleTalk network shall be Macintoshes running System N? -- Brand X Industries Custodial, Refurbishing and Containment Service: When You Never, Ever Want To See It Again [tm] Chip Salzenberg ,