Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site srcsip.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!srcsip!notch From: notch@srcsip.UUCP (Michael k Notch) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Alternate Shells Message-ID: <1091@srcsip.UUCP> Date: Thu, 29-Aug-85 14:42:19 EDT Article-I.D.: srcsip.1091 Posted: Thu Aug 29 14:42:19 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 1-Sep-85 05:43:36 EDT References: <49600007@convexs> <10672@Glacier.ARPA> <275@uwvax.UUCP> Reply-To: notch@srcsip.UUCP (Michael k Notch) Organization: Honeywell SRC (SIP), Mpls MN Lines: 57 Summary: In article <275@uwvax.UUCP> david@wisc-rsch.arpa (David Parter) writes: > >> Next joke, please. Suffice it to say that "lock" isn't nearly as >> secure as it might lead you to believe. This probably isn't the >> place to go into the details of why, but I wouldn't trust the >> standard "lock" to protect anything I valued. > >> Doug Hosking > >possible solutions: > 1) don't leave your terminal (logged in) alone. > 2) fix lock, if you need a secure locking mechanism for yourself > or your users. We have made some fixes to it. > >david >-- >david parter >UWisc Systems Lab > >uucp: ...!{allegra,harvard,ihnp4,seismo, topaz}!uwvax!david >arpa now: david@wisc-rsch.arpa >arpa soon: david@wisc-rsch.WISCONSIN.EDU or something like that To: david@wisc-rsch.arpa Subject: Re: Alternate Shells Newsgroups: net.unix In-Reply-To: <275@uwvax.UUCP> References: <49600007@convexs> <10672@Glacier.ARPA> Organization: Honeywell SRC (SIP), Mpls MN Cc: Bcc: In article <275@uwvax.UUCP> you write: > >> Next joke, please. Suffice it to say that "lock" isn't nearly as >> secure as it might lead you to believe. This probably isn't the >> place to go into the details of why, but I wouldn't trust the >> standard "lock" to protect anything I valued. > >> Doug Hosking > If you could, could you send me the entire new program that you have made to fix the locking problems. I am very interested in these problems and if there are anymore fixes you think I might like, please feel to send them. Thanks in advance. -- But... What about Naomi? USENET: ihnp4!umn-cs!srcsip!notch US-SMAIL: Michael k Notch (The small k is on purpose) MN17-2349 [1-612-378-5338] Honeywell Inc. Systems & Research Center 2600 Ridgeway Parkway NE Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440 --