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From: ricker@bunker.UUCP (ricker)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Slaying Gould dragon with a wooden horse
Message-ID: <1275@bunker.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Oct-86 12:44:57 EST
Article-I.D.: bunker.1275
Posted: Thu Oct 30 12:44:57 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 4-Nov-86 00:50:10 EST
References: <161@unisec.UUCP> <694@ulowell.UUCP>
Reply-To: ricker@bunker.UUCP (ricker)
Organization: Bunker Ramo/Olivetti, Trumbull CT
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Keywords: secure unix trojan horse gould
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>dpw@unisec.UUCP (Darryl Wagoner) wrote in article <161@unisec.UUCP>:
> ... Is using a trojan horse a legit way to break into a system?

I think that Darryl's security-cracking technique just emphasized what any
competent system administrator knows--that hardware and software technology
alone are not the only components of a security and cannot be relied upon
exclusively.

He was smart enough to spot the weakest link in Gould's security--the people.

They should have given him the prize!!!

Ricker