Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: How to stop future viruses.
Message-ID: <1988Nov15.164248.18322@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <16722@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <1988Nov10.172126.27002@utzoo.uucp> <2328@looking.UUCP> <2432@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 88 16:42:48 GMT

In article <2432@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> jwm@aplvax.UUCP (Jim Meritt) writes:
>In a vault, with an armed guard, with the power off.
>After checking the manufacturers and software suppliers.
>And examining all the source for trojans.
>With totally cleared users and maintenance personnel.

As Dennis Mumaugh has pointed out, a cracker with sufficient resources
will simply bribe one of your staff.
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