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Article #1252Re: hosts.equiv considered harmful (was Re: bin owning files)
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Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1988 19:32
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1988 19:32
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In article <185@bnr-fos.UUCP> hwt@bnr-public.UUCP (Henry Troup) writes:
>I just checked my SunOS 4.0 *distribution tape* hosts.equiv. The
>file consists of "+\n". A quick RofTFM shows that this means
>***trust everyone*** Surprise!
>
>So- In light of the worm, and this, we should realize that out-of-the-
>box systems are not well secured.
At the recent Usenix security workshop this was the #1 complaint that
we asked the vendors present to take back to their companies. There was
one man from Sun there - most other vendors were less well represented.
A second point was that vendors ought to have one contact person for
all security-related problems, rather than farming them out to developers
who handle the individual pieces of software separately.
haynes@ucscc.ucsc.edu
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