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From: barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Is GNU Cause of Security Problems???
Message-ID: <4365@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com>
Date: 11 May 88 19:46:57 GMT
References: <5290@aw.sei.cmu.edu> <220@corona.pb> <3729@csli.STANFORD.EDU>
Reply-To: barnett@steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett)
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In article <220@corona.pb> michael@pbinfo.UUCP (Michael Schmidt) writes:
>Neulich schrieb dhm@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Miller):
>  	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.

I would strongly suggest that GNUemacs users who want security

	1. Don't put (nil) in their load path
	2. (setq inhibit-local-variables t)

This eliminates some 'trojan horses'. 'Nuff said.
-- 
	Bruce G. Barnett 	<barnett@ge-crd.ARPA> <barnett@steinmetz.UUCP>
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