Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!ucdavis!ucbvax!info-vax From: rws@MIT-BOLD.MIT.EDU Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: depending on SYSTEM/root is silly Message-ID: <8511142244.AA19413@MIT-BOLD.MIT.EDU> Date: Thu, 14-Nov-85 17:44:11 EST Article-I.D.: MIT-BOLD.8511142244.AA19413 Posted: Thu Nov 14 17:44:11 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Nov-85 20:55:07 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 3 Approved: info-vax@sri-kl.arpa With the proliferation of personal workstations on campuses with gateways to the ARPAnet, lots of university hackers can have access to logins named "SYSTEM" or "root" or whatever you naively think is safe.