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From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The ultimate fix!!!
Message-ID: <2764@sugar.uu.net>
Date: 8 Oct 88 02:45:54 GMT
References: <8810062045.AA04638@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston, TX
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In article <8810062045.AA04638@cory.Berkeley.EDU>, dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
> 	Ever hear of network viri?

A fast network is effectively just one big machine.

UUCP is not super-secure, but unless you've found a BIG hole in rnews and
rmail, it can be made virus safe.

> 	Security is a figment of our imaginations.  As the defense department
> and univerisities all over the nation have found out, the only reasonably
> secure system is an isolated one.

Exactly. And that's what most UNIX systems are. Even the ones on Usenet.
UUCP is such a weird and narrow channel... I've bitched about that often
enough, but it does have its advantages.
-- 
		Peter da Silva  `-_-'  peter@sugar.uu.net
		 Have you hugged  U  your wolf today?