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From: CCDN@levels.sait.edu.au (david newall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Unix System Security
Message-ID: <4773@levels.sait.edu.au>
Date: 25 Dec 89 01:03:29 GMT
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tgg@otter.hpl.hp.com (Tom Gardner) writes:
> Posting details of known UNIX security holes to the net is a *very* bad idea;
> I hope the reasons are obvious.

Do you suggest that the bad people won't find out about security holes if
those holes aren't published?  So naive...

Personally I wish to hear about problems as soon as possible; so they can be
fixed.  What would *you* suggest is the best way of securing Unix?


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