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From: amos@taux02.UUCP (Amos Shapir)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Two digit security IQs in action
Message-ID: <241@taux02.UUCP>
Date: 8 Nov 88 15:57:02 GMT
References: <361@itivax.UUCP> <367@execu.UUCP> <1294@tmpmbx.UUCP> <2517@cs.Buffalo.EDU> <16653@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: National Semiconductor (IC) Ltd, Israel Home of the 32532
Lines: 11
Hdate: 28 Heshvan 5749

I don't think I have seen anybody mention Sun's contribution to the spread
of the worm.  It may be ok for a university-grade software to be distributed
with a debug option compiled in by default, especially when it's distributed
almost free and with its source; but taking the same program, and selling
it to unsuspecting customers without any quality check, is certainly
negligent.
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	Amos Shapir				amos@nsc.com
National Semiconductor (Israel) P.O.B. 3007, Herzlia 46104, Israel
Tel. +972 52 522261  TWX: 33691, fax: +972-52-558322
34 48 E / 32 10 N			(My other cpu is a NS32532)