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Article #45Re: STEVIE/BBSTEVIE as external editors.
From: Steve Frampton
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 20:57
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 20:57
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phil%miracle@merk.com (Phil Hill) writes: > frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton) writes: > >Er, correct me if I'm wrong, but, uh, if you set the > >/waffle/system/static to R/O using the ATTRIB (or other) function, your > >users are *NOT* going to be able to edit them. > > > >What's so insecure about that? > > Because in DOS all they have to say is > > Attrib -r \waffle\system\static > > And they now have access to your files. > > - Phil Huh? Who gives their users access to a command like THAT? Like I said in my first posting, DOS Waffle is completely secure. If you're trusting enough to give your users access to DOS, you're giving them the key to the city...and you have no one to blame but yourself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Frampton (frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca), Kingston, Ontario, CANADA "Sometimes I tune my car radio to static and pretend I'm flying an F-16"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!utgpu!cunews!revcan!micor!vicuna!frampton From: frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton) Newsgroups: alt.bbs.waffle Subject: Re: STEVIE/BBSTEVIE as external editors. Keywords: security,dos,waffle Message-ID: <PquTiB1w164w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> Date: Mon, 06 Apr 92 16:57:36 EDT References: <03Apr92170710@miracle.UUCP> Distribution: world Organization: Vicuna Systems, Kingston, ON (613) 547-5066 Lines: 25