Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven.umd.edu!uvaarpa!murdoch!astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU!gl8f From: gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Student suspended for distributing /etc/passwd Message-ID: <1991Jun19.000845.15308@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Date: 19 Jun 91 00:08:45 GMT References: <0aNq42w164w@cellar.UUCP> <1991Jun18.165528.19569@athena.cs.uga.edu> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia Lines: 20 In article abrams@cs.columbia.edu (Steven Abrams) writes: >This was not a case of a student running COPS to check the >security of the system. Not only have I never said it was, I was attempting to make it clear all along that I was talking about UGa's COPS policy and NOT the current break-in. Looks like it's fairly useless to attempt to discuss more than one thing at a time. >All those who believe that this incident should go unpunished, I've seen only a couple of people here who thought this. Most of the discussion was on other topics, such as: o Why should students without evil intent be restricted? o Why are some sysadmins slow to close obvious security holes? Too bad no one has made much of an effort to present the "other side" on these topics.