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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: Security hole in smail 2.3's handling of ~/.forward
Message-ID: <1521@ttrdc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Feb-87 15:21:41 EST
Article-I.D.: ttrdc.1521
Posted: Sun Feb 22 15:21:41 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 23-Feb-87 18:37:36 EST
References: <3150@osu-eddie.UUCP> <1519@ttrdc.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T, Computer Systems Division, Skokie, IL
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In article <1519@ttrdc.UUCP>, levy@ttrdc.UUCP (I) sez:
>(gee you can have such fun if some careless sysadmin
>leaves / world writeable).

Let me add:  Kids, don't try this at home.  Needless to say (but I'm saying
it anyhow just so I don't get accused of inciting reckless hacking), especially
if your work/schoolwork depends upon having an account upon said computer or a
job from company owning said computer, you could find yourself in deep
<unspeakable>.

There, are ya happy.
-- 
 -------------------------------    Disclaimer:  The views contained herein are
|            dan levy            |  my own and are not at all those of my em-
|         an engihacker @        |  ployer or the administrator of any computer
| at&t computer systems division |  upon which I may hack.
|        skokie, illinois        |
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