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From: lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Fish-Guts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The ultimate fix!!!
Message-ID: <393@uwslh.UUCP>
Date: 14 Oct 88 01:33:03 GMT
References: <8810092209.AA09182@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <2791@sugar.uu.net> <12737@oberon.USC.EDU>
Reply-To: lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Fish-Guts)
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison, State Hygiene Lab
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In article <12737@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>In article <2791@sugar.uu.net> karl@sugar.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer) writes:
>> Do you disagree that Unix systems are better protected than totally 
>         ^^^^^^^^
>Yep, I do.  Regarding viruses and protection in general, UNIX is as (in)secore
>as anybody else's computer [ make your pick with or without the () ].
>
[...some text deleted here ...]
>
>At least pick up
>one of the last issues of CACM and read how safe are UNIX systemes like mail,
>uucp, emacs and NFS.

     No kidding!  As a practical example, I offer the following: I
lived with two other guys and cat named "Trout" one year.  One of the
guys forgot to get the cat some cat-food.  The next day he received
(over e-mail!) a "letter" from our cat (trout@1124Emerald) on his Unix
machine, saying that the cat was hungry.  He and I were truly impressed.

     No, our cat does not use computers.  It was of course a practial
joke performed by our other room-mate.  We pressed him and he told us
how it is done.  Truly simple if you know what to do (no, I am not
telling anyone).  The moral of the story is: never take your email for
granted; it is to easy to fake.

     As for Netnews, every year around April 1st there are all sorts
of "interesting" postings.  Unix, secure?  HAH!

[p.s. what Mr. Papa said about ANSI terminals of course is true -- it
is well worth your while to see some of the totally SickAndDeranged
that can be done with them!]

>-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
					.oO Chris Oo.


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Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene                   lishka%uwslh.uucp@cs.wisc.edu
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