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From: brant@manta.UUCP
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Irresponsibility (Was: Security problem on UNIX PC's)
Message-ID: <149@manta.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-Sep-87 10:39:55 EDT
Article-I.D.: manta.149
Posted: Fri Sep 25 10:39:55 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 27-Sep-87 21:37:17 EDT
References: <54@quincy.UUCP>
Reply-To: brant@manta.UUCP (Brant Cheikes)
Organization: Philadelphia, PA
Lines: 17
Keywords: security, root, problem, unix-pc
Xref: utgpu junk:5865 comp.sys.att:1149
Summary: Posting this kind of information may be a bad idea.

To Lenny Tropiano:

The Unix PC system was clearly designed for use in "non-hostile"
environments, where the few security problems that exist (and there
are others) are not important.  However, there may be people on the
net using these machines in environments where security is important,
thus we are responsible for not putting those users in jeopardy.  As a
result, it's irresponsible to post articles giving exact directions
for violating system security.  Even if you're not personally
affected, that doesn't give you the right to post (or encourage others
to post) how-to's on system cracking.  Your one thoughtless posting
certainly did far more damage than good.
-- 
Brant Cheikes
ARPA: brant@linc.cis.upenn.edu
UUCP: rutgers!cbmvax!cgh!manta!brant
Department of Computer and Information Science / University of Pennsylvania