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From: jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu (Jim Meritt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: wiretapping techniques
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Date: 26 Jul 88 21:26:19 GMT
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In article <16625@brl-adm.ARPA> roberts@cmr.icst.nbs.gov (John Roberts) writes:
}As an example of a more reasonable approach, if you should happen to 
}discover a way to break into any Unix system, DO NOT post it to the net
}as a public service. You might quietly send a note to the designers, and
}they might come up with a patch and quietly distribute it, perhaps without
}even saying what it's for, and everyone can laugh about the situation
}afterward. For situations where the problem is unlikely to be fixed
}(wiretapping, etc.), EXTREME caution should be used in informing the users 
}that there is a security problem.


You look at comp.risks & sci.crypt?




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