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From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend)
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Subject: Re: Should we let students run COPS to get each other's passwords?
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Date: 12 Jun 91 19:27:44 GMT
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In article <1991Jun12.141657.29238@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
>A few people here have been advocating the strange idea that UNIX users
>have a moral right to obtain each other's passwords using COPS. I have a few
>responses...

I would mention that during breakins at UH, crackers have often copied
COPS into place and cranked it up, hoping to get points to all sorts
of holes.

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