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From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Major security problem in the UA: looking for a real fix
Message-ID: <2017@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 88 20:28:26 GMT
References: <1023@woton.UUCP>
Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
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Keywords: UNIX PC, UA, security hole

In article <1023@woton.UUCP> riddle@woton.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle ) writes:
>There is a security hole in the UA which you could throw a Cray
>through....
>[And can anyone out there tell me what on earth the developers of the
>UNIX PC were thinking of when they created this misfeature?

The UNIX PC was supposed to be a personal computer (i.e. a computer
owned and operated by an individual for the individual's own use)
running UNIX.  The lack of strenuous security is in keeping with
this philosophy.
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Rahul Dhesi         UUCP:  <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi