[4607] in linux-net channel archive
Re: A SERIOUS security problem!!!!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lewis)
Mon Sep 30 22:23:03 1996
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 16:24:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>
To: "Brian A. Lantz" <brian@lantz.com>
cc: "Peter T. Breuer" <ptb@dit.upm.es>, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960930121747.3249A-100000@lantz.com>
On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Brian A. Lantz wrote:
> It *ISN'T* shouting 'wolf' when people's systems are being violated!
> What planet are you from, or do you ENCOURAGE (as your email suggests)
> leaving people's systems open to attack!
The problem isn't that holes exist. It's that people setup unix systems
(not just linux systems) and don't bother looking into security. If
people don't read, it's their problem. Are you going to re-announce the
LD_LIBRARY_PATH hole (and a dozen other holes) every 6 months for all the
clueless people who don't read?
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