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From: dhm@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Is GNU Cause of Security Problems???
Message-ID: <5290@aw.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 29 Apr 88 19:07:35 GMT
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University (Software Engineering Institute), Pgh, PA
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In the April 29 1988 issue of "Government Computer News" front page
article titled "European Raids 30 Sensitive Systems", there is a paragraph
which reads (quoted without permission):

	Once they saw his input, they determined he was using a bug in the
	GNU EMACS text editor to establish himself as a system manager by
	placing his own programs in the systems area.

Not a technical explanation for sure... does anyone have any background on
this "bug"???

... Daniel "Dan" H. Miller                       Above opinions are my own
Software Engineering Inst.; Carnegie-Mellon U.; Pittsburgh PA 15213; _USA_
dhm@sei.cmu.edu                                           + 1 412 268-7728