Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!rick
From: rick@seismo.CSS.GOV (Rick Adams)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Possible Fines for Virus Perpetrator
Summary: name them
Message-ID: <44441@beno.seismo.CSS.GOV>
Date: 9 Nov 88 21:23:36 GMT
References: <456@l5comp.UUCP> <12081@dscatl.UUCP> <16600@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <1988Nov9.033444.20788@tmsoft.uucp>
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Organization: Center for Seismic Studies, Arlington, VA
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In article <1988Nov9.033444.20788@tmsoft.uucp>,  writes:
> I claim that this episode has helped (or at least should help) all 3 groups
> to see the potential dangers and hopefully people will respond in a
> positive way and work to plug OBVIOUS, WELL-KNOWN holes like this. 

In my continuing quest....

I still have not been able to get the name of ONE person who knew
that this was an "OBVIOUS" hole.

Name one and my quest will be over.

The fact that sendmail has a debug mode is not a bug. The fact that you
can run an arbitrary process from debug mode IS a bug. I hear lots of
people claiming that it was a well known problem, yet no one can name
one person who will admit to knowing it.

Another urban legend in the making...

---rick