Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!bionet!turbo.bio.net!lear From: lear@turbo.bio.net (Eliot) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Student suspended for distributing /etc/passwd Message-ID: Date: 26 Jun 91 00:47:38 GMT References: <8589@awdprime.UUCP> <8670@awdprime.UUCP> <8711@awdprime.UUCP> <1991Jun24.015950.27226@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Organization: GenBank Computing Resource for Mol. Biology Lines: 24 Greg Lindahl writes: >An ounce of prevention is worth 10 pounds of harrassment of the poor >users. And UNIX source is worth how much these days? Some bugs require source to figure out a fix. >Or, how about: "I'm about to type in a line to the shell, and you know >that no matter what I set out to type, I could accidentally fill up >the disk or something so you better review each line before I type it, >OK?" Are we talking logical conclusions or absolutism here? How about not going off the deep end? Just because I like a good sun tan doesn't mean I want a trip to the sun. The point is that you would be derelict in your duties if the hair on the back of your neck did not rise when someone ran COPS on your system. It means either they have your ethics or they're a cracker. If they stop with COPS, and if you've tightened your system up, then you have nothing to worry about. But what if they play more games? -- Eliot Lear [lear@turbo.bio.net]