Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!mips!apple!jdevoto From: jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: repost from comp.dcom.telecom: Well Len, Was it Worth a Prison Term? Message-ID: <54252@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 22 Jun 91 05:56:25 GMT References: <1991Jun17.204656.29335@menudo.uh.edu> <1991Jun18.002550.5024@athena.cs.uga.edu> Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 26 In article <1991Jun18.002550.5024@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes: >For those of us who tuned in late: what did Len Rose do? Len Rose was in possession of a copy of ATT UNIX's login.c, without having a source license authorizing such possession. He wrote a version of login.c that could be used to collect passwords from users logging in. (Note that it would not be possible to replace the standard login.c with the altered version, unless you already had root privileges on the target system; this would not be a very useful tool for someone seeking to crack a system, except under unusual circumstances.) He emailed a copy of the altered login.c to someone else. To the best of my knowledge, no one has alleged that Len Rose broke into any systems, planned to break into any systems, or aided anyone who was planning to break into any systems. -- ========= jeanne a. e. devoto ======================================== jdevoto@apple.com | You may not distribute this article under a jdevoto@well.sf.ca.us | compilation copyright without my permission. ______________________________________________________________________ Apple Computer and I are not authorized | CI$: 72411,165 to speak for each other. |