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Article #655Re: SUSPEND SYSOPS, NOT STUDENTS
From: Randy Bush
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 03:39
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 03:39
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> And just as a note, a user mailing a password file out so someone
> else can hack on it is about as FAR from "playing around" as you can get.
Sadly, it is nowhere near as far from playing around as today's net crackers
are willing to go.
But, I think the points of this story are simple.
Knives are used for good and bad things, as are other readily available
tools.
/etc/passwd, or copies thereof, can be used for good and bad things.
We are told, in this case, that the student gave a knife to someone else
knowing they intended to use it for bad things.
So, as you went on to say, the question is the punishment, not whether a crime
was committed.
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randy@psg.com ..!uunet!m2xenix!randy
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