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From: patth@dasys1.UUCP (Patt Haring)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.sysadmin,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Dangerous hole in Usenet!
Keywords: Sysops mailing list
Message-ID: <7906@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 24 Nov 88 08:35:23 GMT
References: <1227@vsi1.UUCP> <148@ecicrl.UUCP>
Reply-To: patth@dasys1.UUCP (Patt Haring)
Organization: The Big Electric Cat - NYC's Public Access UN*X System!
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In article <148@ecicrl.UUCP> clewis@ecicrl.UUCP (Chris Lewis) writes:
>In article <1227@vsi1.UUCP> lmb@vsi1.UUCP (Larry Blair) writes:
>>It has come to my attention the there is a MAJOR hole created by the way
>>many sites administer their machines.  This hole presents an opportunity
>>for ANYONE on the net to do severe damage to your system.  For other sites
>>the hole is smaller, but still presents an opportunity for mischief.
>
>H'm.  I betcha that's the one that I've been hinting about for years.
>I CAN'T EVEN GET THE DAMNED SECURITY LIST TO SEND ME AN APPLICATION! 

How 'bout sending the info to the sysops mailing list?
       ...!uunet!dasys1!sysops
       sysops@dasys1.UUCP -or-
       directly to the moderator:  rsweeney@dasys1.UUCP

 
Patt Haring                 {sun!hoptoad,cmcl2!phri}!dasys1!patth
                                          -or- uunet!dasys1!patth
                                          -or- patth@ccnysci.BITNET
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