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From: jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Terminals are ridiculously insecure
Keywords: terminal, abuse, insecurity
Message-ID: <21@minya.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jan 89 00:11:36 GMT
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> >I should think that a terminal with nobody logged on should be readable
> >and writable by nobody, i.e., mode 000. It doesn't make sense otherwise.
> 
> That's certainly one approach that addresses the REAL security hole.

Yeah, and it prevents uucico from initiating a call on that port.  That
would certainly improve a lot of systems' security.






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John Chambers <{adelie,ima,mit-eddie}!minya!{jc,root}> (617/484-6393)

[Any errors in the above are due to failures in the logic of the keyboard,
not in the fingers that did the typing.]