Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!munnari!basser!uqcspe!pete From: pete@uqcspe.OZ (Peter McMahon) Newsgroups: net.mail Subject: Re: Reading other peoples' mail Message-ID: <853@uqcspe.OZ> Date: Tue, 6-May-86 01:12:31 EDT Article-I.D.: uqcspe.853 Posted: Tue May 6 01:12:31 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 8-May-86 08:28:29 EDT References: <1921@decwrl.DEC.COM> <197@valid.UUCP> <444@ncr-sd.UUCP> <1419@ihuxn.UUCP> Organization: Computer Science, Queensland Uni, Australia Lines: 13 Summary: Other invasions of privacy - /dev/null Reading other peoples' mail is just one activity of the abuser of (perhaps naive) trust. I have a heard of a certain site (no names, hey Cheryl?) where the SA installed a device driver that allowed that person to peruse /dev/null!! So keep safe. Cat ALL unwanted output to your terminal. -- Peter McMahon ACSnet: pete@uqcspe.oz ARPA: pete%uqcspe.oz@seismo.css.gov CSNET: pete@uqcspe.oz UUCP: ..!seismo!munnari!uqcspe.oz!pete JANET: uqcspe.oz!pete@ukc Phone: (07) 377 4276