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Article #641Re: Student suspended for distributing /etc/passwd
From: Ian G Batten
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 09:34
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 09:34
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In article <1991Jun12.112633.14888@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl> crissl@rulcvx.LeidenUniv.nl (Stefan Linnemann) writes: > /etc/passwd is a security risk, that has not been plugged, yet. Really. If you run a machine which has the shadow mechanism in any of its flavours, and don't use it, you get what's coming to you. ian
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!uzi-9mm.fulcrum.bt.co.uk!igb From: igb@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Ian G Batten) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: Re: Student suspended for distributing /etc/passwd Message-ID: <4$9_7!+@uzi-9mm.fulcrum.bt.co.uk> Date: 13 Jun 91 09:34:20 GMT References: <31124@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1991Jun12.112633.14888@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl> Sender: news@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (News with an UZI) Organization: BT Fulcrum, Birmingham Lines: 7